Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

Post by ardy42 » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 4:10 PM UTC

shadowprofile77 wrote: post #197

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> #2, I think you are wrong about their invincibility in this case. 330 people under 25 died of covid as of August 20 [0] (most with comorbidities), out of a population of 104 million in the U.S. [1], that is 1 out of 346,000 (edit). This is not high on the list of dangers for that age group. And maybe a drunk driver really is invincible because he has a very safe car that will protect him in any accident. Does that…

A drunk driver is already knowingly drunk and driving one+ ton of metal around at lethally high speeds. Many of these young people, possibly even the vast majority of them, are not knowingly infected, but being treated as if they were all contagious and thus uniformly the equivalents of drunk drivers. Moreover, this is being based on very questionable cause and effect speculation about how much damage said young peop…

Post by rdtwo » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 4:57 PM UTC

Balgair wrote: post #134

rdtwo wrote: post #38

Why not just gather in the neighboring city?

The old saying is that Boulder is seven square miles between the mountains and reality. You can buy passports on Pearl St. to get into Boulder. It's kinda it's own little world. The next town over is Louisville, which has pretty much nothing for a 18-22 year old to do. Or Longmonth, which also has pretty much nothing to do. Denver is ~30 min away depending on traffic. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boulder,+CO/@39…

Post by Simulacra » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

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There is yet no evidence that explicitly ties the use of a face mask to lower rates of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A lot of the published evidence is either inconsistent, or indirect (measurement of droplets, but that doesn't take physical barriers like nose and mouth, or the viral load required to overcome the non adaptive immune system). In fact, it has been argued that non pharmacological interventions should be eval…

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Post by nickthemagicman » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

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This is an arbitrary distinction to compare Sweden to Norway(who also had no mask mandate), cherry picked to fit your narrative. Sweden had deaths on par with the average of all of European countries less than Italy, Spain, the UK, etc.

Take in mind that the family structure is different in South and North Europe. Southern Europe homes are often multigenerational. Having gransons and grandpas living together increases the risk. Many granpas live alone in Swedden. Their results would be even worse if we remove this structural difference. If we can't compare Swedden With Norway, maybe you would prefer Denmark? 645 danish killed versus 5875 Sweddish. E…

Post by nickthemagicman » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 5:29 PM UTC

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You're going to get downvotes like crazy from the Corona Cult. Vote in November! Keep the fanatics from taking over.

It's America's obsession with self righteous indignation. "How dare you not go along with the mob and put on your mask. What kind of horrible person are you?" Americans, of which I am one, have this mentality that if someone disagrees, they are a terrible, horrible person that must be crushed by your rightness.