I thought cases were growing but deaths coming down.
They are in the US. Fatalities are WAY DOWN here in the US as doctors become better at treating patients and people are now more likely to get tested if they come down with any possible symptoms.
A very large number of Americans remain asymptomatic and I still think eventually we will learn that a large portion of the country has some form of T-cell immunity to this coronavirus after prior exposure to other coronovirus ailments in years past.
There is very widespread disagreement over this “pandemic” among health professionals. That has not changed. The most draconian tend to be public health officials and the least tend to be doctors who have been on the front-line from the beginning.
Sweden had this right. Period. “Lock downs, social distance, and mask mandates” have done nothing to stop the spread in places that have had the most severe restrictions like Hawaii. Same for other nations who practiced the most severe restrictions. The virus does not care.
I got SCHOOLED harshly when I went to get tested...saying I was a super spreader...that I have COVID and have no symptoms, Zero, Zilch, Nada. I don’t call it a PANDEMIC, I call it an Economic Democratic Shutdown to keep Trump from being elected.
There has been a number of medical papers saying that 40% of human common colds are caused by a coronavirus which does confer some memory cell immunity.
There have also been articles saying “viruses gonna virus” and that there is nothing you can do to stop it. Maybe slow it down a bit, but at a HUGE societal cost.
Younger people getting it. Vulnerable people better protected. But the biggest factor could be mutations making it more contagious and less lethal.
Sweden had this right. Period.
Sweden had an 8% economic drop in the second quarter, same as us. But they had it right about getting the spread over and done with while protecting the vulnerable. They didn't protect their vulnerable very well though. Five times as much death as Denmark, eight times Finland and 10 times Norway. The difference is their younger people can now get on with their lives.
Additionally, a large amount of the positives that are asymptomatic are probably false positives. Some tests are so bad that some, like NFL players, are required to take several tests to get the best 2-3, 3-5, etc. before the results are accepted.