<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Well, you did not say that Mrs. Cummins finally got tested. And the airlines will suffer greatly, though I cannot get too upset about that. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 5:06 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_6834480551332966947WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] meanwhile, back in california...<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mixing science with politics results in politics.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">spike </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Yeah, but I'll bet if the Gov told somebody to get trucking, something would get done The scientists have no power like that bill w<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Gov did tell somebody, and something did get done. That is how we got to these numbers in the table below. We can’t talk about them in polite company of course, for fear of making the US government look competent. That risk would be worse than the actual virus (oh horrors, how shall we cope?) <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Fortunately for us, I am not polite company:<u></u><u></u></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="656" style="width:492pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:25.5pt"><td width="160" valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:25.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">nation<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></td><td width="124" valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:25.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">confirmed cases<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></td><td width="124" valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:25.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">million proles<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></td><td width="124" valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:25.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">cases per million<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></td><td width="124" valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:25.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">times worse than USA<u></u><u></u></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">China<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">80652<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">1,345<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">60.0<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">49<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">South Korea<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">7041<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">51.26<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">137.4<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">113<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Italy<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">5883<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">60.49<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">97.3<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">80<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Iran<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">5823<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">84<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">69.3<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">57<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">France<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">949<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">65.3<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">14.5<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">12<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Germany<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">799<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">83.8<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">9.5<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">8<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Spain<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">500<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">46.8<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">10.7<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">9<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Japan<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">461<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">126.5<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">3.6<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">3<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">USA<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">401<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">329<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">1.2<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">=1<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:30.75pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Switzerland<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">268<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">8.7<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">30.8<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:30.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">25<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:28.5pt"><td width="160" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:120pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:28.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">UK<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:28.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">206<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:28.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">67.9<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:28.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">3.0<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="124" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:93pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:28.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">2<u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We might point out that most nations in Africa have no cases, and their governments have done nothing.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Or we might point out that travel spreads the virus. Smoking hot western economies have a lot of travel in and out. Result: rich countries get a lot of disease. Solution: shut down international travel for a few weeks. The economy will recover.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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