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Igel

(37,129 posts)
6. What others said.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:36 PM
Mar 2020

And consider the nature of social media.

There is no advantage in saying, "We were busy today, but otherwise everything was okay."

Social media is for venting. And most people vent over (1) routine stuff, (2) non-routine but not horrible stuff, (3) horrible stuff that they heard happened but have no actual direct knowledge of, (4) horrible stuff that they've personally witnessed and assume they understand, and (5) horrible stuff that they actually do know the entire context for.

Sadly, most people are actually unable to distinguish any of those conditions from any other, so social media is good for outrage and not always so good for understanding. In this, it's like Yelp! 99/100 customers are satisfied, 99/100 Yelpistas say that the product is the worst ever and was, in fact, responsible for the die off of the dodo and for widespread glaciation in the last ice age.

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So they send home symptomatic people without testing them? milestogo Mar 2020 #1
My niece is self-quarantined in NYC. Went to hospital, said symptoms were not severe enough for test TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #2
They're being presumptively diagnosed with COVID elias7 Mar 2020 #3
Thank you for explanation. Tylenol for fever. Stay hydrated. Stay home. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #4
I used Advil and Benadryl. gldstwmn Mar 2020 #9
Said not to use ibuprofen. Use Tylenol for fever. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2020 #12
France's version of the CDC says Ibuprofen makes it worse for some victims. AtheistCrusader Mar 2020 #15
10 days ago when I was sick we gldstwmn Mar 2020 #28
Well, part of the point is to get an accurate count of who has been infected and where they live. milestogo Mar 2020 #5
This genxlib Mar 2020 #7
+1 crickets Mar 2020 #13
Right, that is the down side elias7 Mar 2020 #11
It is very hard to order things, plan etc if there are no statistics. LiberalArkie Mar 2020 #20
Health providers won't know if things are getting better or worse if they don't have reliable data. milestogo Mar 2020 #22
I got the flu last year despite getting my annual flu shot. procon Mar 2020 #27
My PA wife says Tamiflu will not work against CV /nt al bupp Mar 2020 #29
That's disconcerting to think about all those folks procon Mar 2020 #30
Test with what? Generic Brad Mar 2020 #14
+1 dalton99a Mar 2020 #18
Sure they do. The WHO offered them to us, volstork Mar 2020 #21
Not having tests by now is a fucking catastrophe. milestogo Mar 2020 #24
I suspect they have been sending home people for a few months without realizing it. cstanleytech Mar 2020 #23
What others said. Igel Mar 2020 #6
Yep, on purpose bluer areas get greatest infections and can't vote ... Red Don wins election. uponit7771 Mar 2020 #8
Isn't this why Cuomo wants the army to build hospitals right now? BeckyDem Mar 2020 #10
It's probably too late. AtheistCrusader Mar 2020 #16
I hope not! They have to get up to speed as much as possible. BeckyDem Mar 2020 #17
First word out of my mouth after reading that - Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #19
"This has been spreading a long time." TryLogic Mar 2020 #25
100x-1000x more americans infected and spreading as NO testing is being done beachbumbob Mar 2020 #26
Good guess. nt Blue_true Mar 2020 #31
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