Mitch Daniels says virus less riskier than other activities that can cause death for Purdue students

[LiberalFighter]

His excuse for going ahead with opening Purdue.

[Sherman A1]

1. Mitch Daniels

Is a dumbass.

[Freethinker65]

2. Indiana. Home of Pence

[Initech]

3. I want examples, damn it!

Seriously is he fucking kidding?

[Faux pas]

4. Kickin' with disgust!

and

[genxlib]

5. I don't find this to be outrageous

College age kids are risk takers. Spend 15 minutes on Youtube and you will see all kinds of videos about them doing stupid dangerous shit.

Of course this is one of the reasons that colleges will have challenges.

I have been tracking college policies and plans because my daughter is starting in a few weeks. Purdue actually has a pretty serious approach to this as do most of the big institutions. It could all crumble and get shut down but they are doing everything they can to make it work.

[beachbumbob]

6. It's not just the deaths, it's lifelong health issues, idiot.

Then Indiana elected this guy so they will continue to learn the hard way. Can't shed any tears here.

[greenjar_01]

7. We actually don't know anything about long term health issues

That some studies have found large numbers of cardiac or other effects remaining after a few weeks or months is not any sort of definitive proof of long-term health effects.

We should be clear-eyed and honest about where the science is.

[beachbumbob]

8. Well, we know for a fact that body tissues suffer damage and it

happens at an extremely high rate with those who come down with Covid,

[greenjar_01]

10. Absolutely we know that

[stopdiggin]

11. so? we don't know if these problems will persist?

long enough to be termed "long term?"
(posing this without trying to seem argumentative)
(and I agree that we should be clear about what we know and don't know)

[greenjar_01]

14. That's correct

We don't have anything that would approximate proof about persistence.

We can make estimates, and hypothesize, but we're too early in this to have anything like demonstrable widespread long-term effects.

[beachbumbob]

18. I don't need offical study to know if I stick my hand over a flame, I will get burn. ALL the

evidence to date points to longterm health issues in many of those who recover from COVID, kids even appear to have some severe ones. But, hey lets wait 10 years to say this

[greenjar_01]

21. OK, buddy

Stick with that

[NickB79]

24. In these situations, we have to use the Precautionary Principle

In the case of limited information, proceed with caution.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. Exactly

The death part is, of course, the most important potential consequence but being physically disabled in other ways for the rest of your life shouldn't be overlooked. Plus, since it's a brand new virus, there's limited knowledge of how it works (can you get it again?) and what all of the potential lifelong consequences can be. We need to focus on trying to contain the spread. But we'll never be able to do that if we just return to "normal" and live like what we're dealing with is no worse than the common cold or flu.

[Happy Hoosier]

20. Plenty of us in Indiana did NOT vote for him.

Yes, Indiana is full of right wing nuts.

But plenty of us here are doing what we can to fight it.

[lame54]

9. What kind of hell-hole are they running there?

[gratuitous]

12. Hey, a meteor could hit the earth, too

So, you know, it is what it is. Precautions are for losers, and prevention is bunk.

It truly takes an uncommon mind to think of this nonsense.

[spanone]

13. FUCK YOU MITCH

[Grins]

16. Mitch Daniels, the "traditional values" guy arrested...

...when he was in college for dealing drugs. And got away with it. He has been a fake all his life. He engineered himself into Purdue’s presidency with a FAT contract then engineered another FAT contract increase.

[Cha]

17. Well that's a BIG FAT LIE

[tavernier]

19. ... has something to do with money in his pockets.

Oh, sorry, Alex... the correct answer is WHAT IS something to do with money in his pockets, in response to what is his excuse for going ahead with opening Purdue.

[tinrobot]

22. In other words, he approves of activities that kill students.

[USALiberal]

23. No link???????????