no coronavirus thread ?

[scared?]

Doctors have confirmed I'm immune from coronavirus. They are using my blood for a cure... You're welcome world...

[Whiskey 7]

Mention of India last night on the news here and the toll accelerating.

Reported cases Worldwide

3 July 10,991,872

5 July 11,544,660

7 July 11,920,632

Total deaths
• World 545,278
• USA 133,816
• Brazil 66,741

Source #1 Source #2

[xer0s]

4 days, 1 million...

[Doombrain]

Copied from a real man's discord channel...

Freakaloin

Oh no.. pregnant daughter and boyfriend sick with covid symptoms. 94 year old great grandmother short of breath. I feel fine though...
Am i immortal for real?

Would you like an invite?

[Eraser]

So I've been wondering about something for some time now.
I see a lot of strong sentiments among American people where they strongly condemn people not wanting to lockdown, not wanting to wear a facemask and now most recently, against plans in Florida to re-open schools.

Quite often, there's an article about someone making a ruckus in a shop about (refusing to wear) facemasks and these people are often painted off as potential murderers and whatnot and anyone refusing to wear a mask deserves to have their entire family die from Covid-19 infections. You know, the typical internet talk.
There's also been a huge backlash against the plans in Florida. I read statements from people saying it's Republicans wanting to fuck up the teachers and how teachers and kids will die.
These are extreme examples, but the entire spectrum between reasonable thought and that is filled up.

What I wonder about is how (American) people in general would look at a country like The Netherlands.

We never went into full lockdown. Where possible, people work from home. Only essential (grocery) stores stayed open. Other non-essential stores stayed closed for a relatively short while. Recently, restaurants and bars were allowed to open up again. Hairdressers and the like as well.

There's a ban on gatherings with groups of people (recently relaxed to a max of 100). There is no mandatory facemask requirement, except in public transport where the required 1.5m distance is impossible to maintain.

Primary schools have been open for the past few weeks. Highschools are expected to open after summer break.
Testing for COVID-19 infections has only recently become available to everyone. Before it was only for healthcare workers.

And yet, we seem to be doing pretty well with these relaxed measures. No lockdown, no facemasks and open schools. If I have to believe my fellow American earthlings, us Dutch are supposedly hellspawn who do everything wrong.

Why is public perception so different between our countries?

[Κracus]

You're making a huge assumption that Americans have any knowledge of what goes on for the dutch. I'm pretty sure the majority couldn't point it out on a map, let alone give you an opinion on their handling of covid-19. That said, I share a border with the US, it's literally an hours drive from here. We currently have 0 covid-19 cases in our province..

[Transient]

It's drilled into us from childhood. Between media, schooling, and family tradition, the zeitgeist of the USA puts a very high premium on personal freedom. Our country's history is, for better or worse, defined by our search for it. Everyone wants to own a few acres of land and a house, work for themselves and not have to ask anyone for help making it through life. The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" seems to be a mantra of the Republican party, for example. The Homestead Acts right after the civil war really kicked off this mentality.

Our political parties define themselves on what forms that personal freedom takes and who benefits from it, and the more polarized they become, the more you see the parties move toward the extremes. People will rationalize the most heinous shit if they think their party is in favor of it, because the parties have no moral compass and they are ruled by money, so party leaders don't make much effort to reign in their most ardent supporters. Which amplifies the polarization, and the cycle continues. Since our President has made mask-wearing political, it has become a visual representation of party affiliation for many people. State media like Fox News doesn't help matters, either.

[Scourge]

It sounds a lot like how we were handling it where I live. Mandatory masks in public just happened recently and we were doing ok before that. Of course we had a spike after the protests and all that, but I expected that and anyone that thinks they aren't directly related is deluding themselves. There are a lot of people that do go crazy with condemning people not wearing them. There are also a lot of people that think for the most part it's not necessary. I see debates about it everywhere and they can get pretty worked up over it like you said. The Democrats saying the Republicans are trying to kill people, the Republicans saying the Democrats just want to control everyone. :rolleyes: Both sides have lost their minds.

That being said, I agree with the way The Netherlands handled it as we were doing much the same and it seemed to be working for the most part. Our daily new cases dropped nearly to 0 and hadn't had a death for a while. Having only 5 total until this last week and now at 6. And given the time frame of the protests, I wouldn't be surprised to see a drop in the rate fairly soon to match.

[scared?]

Would you like an invite?

Why...u looking for a date?...

[Doombrain]

Would you like an invite?

Why...u looking for a date?...

Well?

[scared?]

Okay sure...

[xer0s]

Get down on your knees and beg!

[Doombrain]

Okay sure...

Hahahahaha get fucked.

[scared?]

Lol beg for me to ask and then when i kinda go along u think u win... Pathetic looser...

[Doombrain]

:olo:

[seremtan]

Lol beg for me to ask and then when i kinda go along u think u win... Pathetic looser...

[Don Carlos]

:olo: :olo: :olo:

[scared?]

He's the deal... I never lose... Questions?...

[shaft]

send me an invite to your discord geoff, i will hang out with you.

[Eraser]

Pity hangout

[Doombrain]

Na I’m joking, you can have one. Let me know.

[scared?]

Just send me one is ur not joking. It's time to grow up ppl and be adults... Like me... Thanks...

[Whiskey 7]

Reported cases Worldwide

5 July 11,544,660

7 July 11,920,632

10 July 12,586,913

Total deaths
• World 561,393
• USA 136,490
• Brazil 70,398

Source #1 Source #2

[seremtan]

oh yeah, corona-chan

[Don Carlos]

Remember when the virus was a big deal?