Bill Gates on Coronavirus

[nicoff]

Bill Gates today:

"The U.S. is past this opportunity to control (COVID-19) without shutdown," Gates said during a TED Connects program broadcast online. "We did not act fast enough to have an ability to avoid the shutdown."

"It's very tough to say to people, 'Hey keep going to restaurants, go buy new houses, ignore that pile of bodies over in the corner, we want you to keep spending because there's some politician that thinks GDP growth is what counts,'" Gates said. "It's hard to tell people during an epidemic … that they should go about things knowing their activity is spreading this disease."

Tough position we are in.

Article here:

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/bill-ga...utdowns-closed[/QUOTE

[PHC1]

It (viral outbreak) will most likely come in waves like it has in Hong Kong.

Can't keep the country on total lock-down waiting for it to burn out as there will be nothing left but total bankruptcy and of course getting off the quarantine too early will only cause the situation to get even worse.

I am afraid it will not be over until the virus gets what it came for... The built up immunity will eventually stop the pandemic but it is pretty obvious it will not come until many are sacrificed.

[For The Love of Music]

It’s easy to be an armchair quarterback, a hind-site realist.

What would things look like if we did not put what controls are in place now?

[nicoff]

Originally Posted by For The Love of Music

It’s easy to be an armchair quarterback, a hind-site realist.

What would things look like if we did not put what controls are in place now?

If you are referring to Bill Gates, he actually anticipated a pandemic several years ago and forwarned us that we were not ready. Here he is doing a Ted Talk in 2015...

https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates...ce=tedcomshare

Based on that Ted Talk, I would rephrase your question to:

What would things look like now if we HAD put controls in place THEN?

[For The Love of Music]

Not particularly Bill Gates, but really anyone for that matter.

Perhaps I’m just not a “what if” guy but understand the importance when something is made of it.

[PHC1]

Hind site realist? Yes, precisely that in the sense that we have many examples of how a pandemic turns out over the centuries.

Here is my forward looking realistic prediction. We will overtake China in cases and very soon. If I didn’t see what measures were taken in China, such as authorities literally dragging people on the street by their arms and hair for not wearing a mask and welding the door hinges shut for the disobedient... well I don’t need to get more graphic here. Our approach is different and it will have a different outcome. That’s hard realism.

Do I want to see the same measures implemented here? Absolutely not. Let’s hope it doesn’t come down to the national guard enforcing a “hard” quarantine if people do not follow the sensible and logical guidelines. The sentiment is to open the country for business asap and that’s understandable as well but it will have consequences. That is the price we will continue paying until the world adopts a better response to such events overall.

[PHC1]

Two days later.... We overtook China in overall cases.

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by For The Love of Music

It’s easy to be an armchair quarterback, a hind-site realist.

What would things look like if we did not put what controls are in place now?

You realize he first made these statements in 2015!! No armchair quarterbacking here.

[PHC1]

Not good... Not good at all. It is playing out no different than Italy. Stay safe!

https://youtu.be/J7s6n_ySkmQ

[For The Love of Music]

Originally Posted by Still-One

You realize he first made these statements in 2015!! No armchair quarterbacking here.

Reference was made a few strings down.