For the smug who enjoy taking a shot at the United States

[transomstand]

We have seen multiple posts from people from other countries insinuating how much "better" of a job they've done than the United States at containing this virus.

Please allow me to caution you with a quote from one of our greatest U.S. 20th Century philosophers......

"It ain't over till it's over"

Infection surges have already started in some of the countries that did a much more "perfect" job than we did.

[Tin Man 2]

Our rate if infection is still under 1%, our numbers may be high because we have 330 million people.

[Forkin' Crazy]

They always do that. Seems at every opportunity not unlike liberals who never let a crisis go to waste...

[David]

Other then the Koreans, who has done a good job?

[mrichartz]

Other then the Koreans, who has done a good job?

Do you believe the north Koreans?
Although he can lock it down tight no interior movement and nothing in/out etc like it should be w/o everyone trying to pull something or they will just disappear..



Michael

[SS Minnow]

The US is the greatest country on the planet. EVERYBODY knows that. I have been around the world. The most spoken language? English, and not because of the British. The most accepted currency? The US dollar. What other country has their language spoken nearly everywhere in the world, or their currency recognized for trade? Anybody???

Yeah, when this mess is over with, we will see where the cards fall.

[David]

South Korea seemed to do a good job with the outbreak.

[flabum1017]

Do you believe the north Koreans?
Although he can lock it down tight no interior movement and nothing in/out etc like it should be w/o everyone trying to pull something or they will just disappear..



Michael

Yeah, you know North Korea has zero cases now.... they rounded up everyone who was infected and shot them........... :leaving:

[mrichartz]

Yeah, you know North Korea has zero cases now.... they rounded up everyone who was infected and shot them........... :leaving:

Exactly zero interior movement .. :eek:

[powerabout]

South Korea seemed to do a good job with the outbreak.

Singapore also jumped on it early.

[CUDA]

Other then the Koreans, who has done a good job?




A client was forced to retire at 65 from flying overseas commercial flights, So he took a job teaching S Korean pilots to fly better, If you remember a few years ago about 3 in a short period of time crashed
He told me that the culture over there is so different, people act as soldiers very obedient, one pilot that crashed said his commander was telling him to do the wrong thing and he complied thou he knew it was wrong.

[transomstand]

Singapore also jumped on it early.

Maybe, but maybe not. And Singapore's population would fit in Yankee Stadium so things are somewhat easier. My next door neighbor was on the phone with a company in Singapore the day the emergency was declared here, and they were taking extraordinary measures.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-04-02/singapores-coronavirus-struggle-shows-colossal-task-of-global-containment

[powerabout]

A client was forced to retire at 65 from flying overseas commercial flights, So he took a job teaching S Korean pilots to fly better, If you remember a few years ago about 3 in a short period of time crashed
He told me that the culture over there is so different, people act as soldiers very obedient, one pilot that crashed said his commander was telling him to do the wrong thing and he complied thou he knew it was wrong.
they crash so well, that finally they crashed a 777 which meant they have crashed every version of every aircraft they have ever owned

[transomstand]

Instructors have stated that S. Korean pilots are perfect students, they can recite the flight manual line for line....they just can't fly:eek:

[CDave]

A client was forced to retire at 65 from flying overseas commercial flights, So he took a job teaching S Korean pilots to fly better, If you remember a few years ago about 3 in a short period of time crashed
He told me that the culture over there is so different, people act as soldiers very obedient, one pilot that crashed said his commander was telling him to do the wrong thing and he complied thou he knew it was wrong.

I've seen that being the cause of several jet crashes in Asian countries on the show Air Disasters, on the Smithsonian Channel.

[z1rider]

In February 1957, a new influenza A (H2N2) virus emerged in East Asia, triggering a pandemic (“Asian Flu”). It was first reported in Singapore in February 1957, Hong Kong in April 1957, and in coastal cities in the United States in summer 1957. The estimated number of deaths was 1.1 million worldwide and 116,000 in the United States.

The Hong Kong flu was a category 2 flu pandemic whose outbreak in 1968 and 1969 killed an estimated one million people all over the world. 100,000 died in the United States. Most excess deaths were in people 65 years and older.

In the spring of 2009, a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged. From April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, CDC estimated there were 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (range: 195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (range: 8868-18,306) in the United States due to the (H1N1)pdm09 virus.

[CUDA]

In 1957 Chevy came out with the winged Impala to commemorate influenza A H2N2 the Jap Flu

The Toyota attacked America with the deadly Camry that destroyed the US car market in 2020.

Forced Ford and GM to quit making cars in da USA:eek:

[CUDA]

But Tesla filled the Void;)

[David]

5.6 million in Singapore, 8000/sq m
New York city is 10,000 per square meter
sorry for the metric

[transomstand]

Also from Dec - Feb we had 3.5 million visitors from China, Spain, Italy and Britain.

And it appears that not everybody washed their hands.

[Markus]

While the healthcare system is being prepared, Sweden has the laxest government policy anywhere in the developed world:

Events with more than 50 people are illegal. Only table service is allowed at restaurants. No unnecessary foreign travel. That's it.

The rest is left for people to judge for themselves.

Will be very interesting to see how this plays out compared to countries that have made different choices...__PRESENT

[transomstand]

While the healthcare system is being prepared, Sweden has the laxest government policy anywhere in the developed world:

Events with more than 50 people are illegal. Only table service is allowed at restaurants. No unnecessary foreign travel. That's it.

The rest is left for people to judge for themselves.

Will be very interesting to see how this plays out compared to countries that have made different choices...__PRESENT

:iagree::iagree::iagree:

We've actually made 2 choices in the U.S. We have those that are "stay at home" and also A LOT of people who are "essential" and required to work and distribute germs. I have not really heard anything about infection or death rates being higher with them. I go to the grocery store and see all the same employees week after week. Their exposure rate is probably only exceeded by hospital workers (and working with MUCH less protection) Why are they not all sick or dead????:confused::confused::confused:

[CDave]

:iagree::iagree::iagree:

We've actually made 2 choices in the U.S. We have those that are "stay at home" and also A LOT of people who are "essential" and required to work and distribute germs. I have not really heard anything about infection or death rates being higher with them. I go to the grocery store and see all the same employees week after week. Their exposure rate is probably only exceeded by hospital workers (and working with MUCH less protection) Why are they not all sick or dead????:confused::confused::confused:

Check out this video at the 4:20 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUY2oHg8CdU

[Glasstream15]

Almost half, 45%, of infections in the USA are in NY/NJ. Leaves a lot of area for the other 55%. And my brother runs simulators for Korean Air. Says they can fly pretty well in the A320/A330 series.

[Greg G]

While the healthcare system is being prepared, Sweden has the laxest government policy anywhere in the developed world: Events with more than 50 people are illegal. Only table service is allowed at restaurants. No unnecessary foreign travel. That's it. The rest is left for people to judge for themselves.

Will be very interesting to see how this plays out compared to countries that have made different choices...__PRESENT

How do you feel that it will turn out based on the lowest restrictions there in Sweden?

[powerabout]

How do you feel that it will turn out based on the lowest restrictions there in Sweden?
Singapore has proven that those living the closest together have a much higher risk of transfer when you look at where the current problems are.

[electricjohn]

One U.S. state with no distancing orders credits more than half of their cases to one factory.