TO: Charlie (Colorado) Martin
RE: Not Really
Actually, Chuck, that would be my point. — Charlie Martin
Why?
Because you have bad math skills. Probably combined with bad cognition.
RE: The ‘Panic’
The panic over this flu is being spread for no reason — Charlie Martin
There IS no ‘panic’, at least here. Traffic on the streets is ‘normal’. There are not crowds at the grocery stores or pharmacies buying food and face masks. But then again, I moved away from a metroplex six years ago because I felt life there was (1) too hectic and (2) safer in a smaller community.
I know for a fact that al Qaeda will probably not target my community for a ‘cosmic flash bulb’ spectacular. Likewise, if things DO fall apart, I can expect my neighbors and associates to be a bit more interested in collective security than the total strangers who lived next door to me in Denver would have been.
When’s the last time you read Lucifer’s Hammer, anyway.
RE: Mortal Failure with Mortality Rates
The implication is that we have no statistical reason to think this flu is really worse than the usual, although we have some other reasons to be cautious about it. — Charlie Martin
The fact is that the Swine Flu pandemic of 1918 killed 18 million people around the world. Probably more. And it had a mere 2-3% mortality rate.
So far THIS flu, according to reports, has a 6% mortality rate.
You seem to have a severe cognitive dissonance problem, compadre. Maybe YOU should check into that facility you recommended to me some time back. After all…..you’re MUCH closer to it than I.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Remember this, foolish mortals, when ye stare headlong into the mind-paralyzing void, the inky black nothingness of existence, the hellish yawning maw of the abyss -- it's pretty damn dark, so give your eyes a few minutes to adjust.]
