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Another real update my uncle in his low 60s has been in the Mayo Clinic in north Florida for over a week . Needed steroids for fluid in his lungs and everything. Besides age he is a super healthy guy. Just some perspective. Now the 6th family member of mine to get infected in the last 2 weeks. Good news is he should be discharged in a day or two.
For starters one third of doctors in the UK are immigrants and a disproportionate number worked in the facilities used to treat Covid patients. Given that they mainly came from places like Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Sri Lanka etc. it's unclear how anyone knows what level of living conditions they grew up in. At least not enough to make a blanket statement that they certainly didn't experience impoverished living conditions.
It’s pretty uninformed to think black people in Atlanta, or any where else in the country, actually live any different than the rest of us. Their front doors might sometimes be a little more brightly colored, but the houses are of the same kind. Actually, I wager a fair amount that more white folks live in tin can single wide trailers surrounded by junk than any other race. There are certainly more poor white people than poor black people, just based on sheer numbers. Sort of the same thing as saying more white people are on welfare than black people. True story.
As for those doctors in the UK - pretty sure they had access to healthcare. THEY WERE DOCTORS. You’ve changed the meaning of the statement regarding “experienced impoverished conditions.”
The DV’ing is not a surprise. Intellectual thought is not always in high supply here. The point is - the reasons given by the CDC are bogus and you don’t need to be a sociologist to know it. Almost 6 months in to this thing and they are throwing out “systemic racism?” Come on. There’s a reason but that’s not it.
So, if you didnt know, I'm with all the smoke right now (this means I'm all for strong debate and will take it as far as you want to take it). Im going to give you, and those who think like you, history lessons. I've been watching the conversations. Ive seen what has been typed in the comfort of your homes and community. This screen makes a lot of you brave and say exactly what you are thinking. But those who know, know what you are saying. They are little whiffs of your true selves. That truth is that you dont care. You dont care what is being done to your fellow Americans. How they have to live and the conditions they live in doesnt matter to you. Your an ALL LIVES MATTER kind of guy, right? Well because you're so ill informed, I'm going to tell you.
If you ride through any place considered a ghetto in America and people of color are there, you will see where the buck stops. No money is spent in these places to improve life. It is some of the dirtier places to live because instead of spending money to clean up, money is spent to over police these people. They dont get the same education awarded to their counterparts. They dont get the same medical treatment. They dont get the same child care. With that being said, this is just what happens in America. In "3rd world countries" they go through it worst. There is no reason why places with the ritches resources in the world have the worst conditions, except systematic racism. Go to Sri Lanka and see how there ghettos look compared to our "trailer parks" here. Big difference. Places like these inforce education so hard that a lot of them become doctors and other super professionals. If you have a foreign doctor ask them about the conditions of their home country and what they lived through. People in these places around the world strive to be more because its life or death for them and their families.
Fun fact, you are correct that most people on welfare and living in provished conditions are white. This is only because they are the majority in this nation so the numbers are higher, as well as the fact that their counterparts from a very young age were told to not be bums and work for what they have.
The doctors that take care of you have impeccable healthcare, sometimes. You are more likely to survive a procedure as a caucasian than you are as a person of color, even as a doctor. And just because they are doctors does not mean they are immune from diseases and viruses. They are the front line and get it the worst sometimes. There have been countless doctors, nurses, and healthcare providers that lost their lives saving another's so have some respect.
Lastly, those doctors who come from improvised countries or neighborhoods are pushed into the same conditions that they left from, most times. They are sent or can only get jobs in improvised neighborhoods. And a lot of them get the worst of the worst cases because that is always were the worst of the worst cases are. And then there are those who just have a big hearts and want to help wherever there is suffering because they themselves have lived through it. All of these people deserve your gratitude and respect.
I hear the dog whistles. I hear the "phrasings". I hear the downvotes. I know what they mean...
Alright ladies and gents, if this is going to turn into what race has more people living in trailer parks and who has access to the best education, then comments are going to start being deleted, or we’ll go back to how we personally are doing with “Covid check-ins” only.
We’re fine with sharing stats and friendly debates, but let’s leave it at that.
Hop on your horses boys, we're Modding again......😎
It’s happening. Not looking good for Florida schools or an on time start. I’m guessing if there’s a season it will be an October start maybe.
From the way it sounds they're about to move the season to the spring. If they have reputable information on another board, the hard deadline for TV to have any kind of fall season period is coming very, very quickly.
Will be a bit of a #)@#%#% show if correct. Guys like Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields likely won't play if so and opt to train for the draft, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of our upperclassmen defensive players did the same.
If the information is reputable, late start to the 2021 football season as well (November), and then back to normal in 2022.
Frankly I'm not sold yet that a February start is going to be any better. Any kind of team sports season until there's a vaccine or an in stone therapeutic might end up being a mess unless they decide to change protocols when the calendar flips to 2021.
Well. Confirmed I’m positive.
Dang. Get well soon!
Prayers sent for you. I'm also praying that you have neighbors or friends that can check in on you.
Get well soon and go to hospital if you start struggling for breath. Don't leave it too late. All the best.
Florida last 3 days by age range
Reminder that at the end of May daily cases were running around 750 with 250 (35%) of those were 55+.
Even though the % of older people has dropped to just over 21%, 21% of 9,500 is way way more than 250. In fact it's 1,949 per day (almost 8 times as many).
NOTE: The Daily for 7/3 is in fact the total for the 10 days that the system was down.
Sorry to hear that man. Keep us posted on your condition.
Praying for you, BayArea, in Jesus' name!