[ExI] Questions about R0 or maybe we'll be OK

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 16:33, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [ExI] Questions about R0 or maybe we'll be OK
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> >…My own skepticism has been refuted by the actions of our community and
> school board.  …The social distancing is halting not only covid but also
> the usual flu and colds which have been going around… spike
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> It isn’t so much we have discovered the technology, but rather we have
> discovered the motive: disease.  For so long we have been emphasizing mass
> transit.  But we all know the disadvantages: it forces us into contact with
> the criminal element without the benefit of our Detroit-manufactured V8
> suit of armor.
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Your greatest risk in a car is from accidents. The number of people who
come into emergency departments injured in a car accident is at least one,
maybe two orders of magnitude greater than those injured due to being
assaulted on public transport. This is from personal experience working in
emergency departments: dozens of car accident victims in a year, no public
transport assault victims at all, no public transport accident victims
either.

I say this to people who prefer to drive themselves to work or their
children to school and they get annoyed. They don’t like their preferences
challenged, especially if they are irrational.

> Perhaps for some time we have had the technology to press towards less
> transit rather than mass transit.  Let’s ponder the possibilities.
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Stathis Papaioannou
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