Posted on 04/17/2020 1:52:21 PM PDT by Hojczyk
This may seem like bad news on the surface, but it is actually very positive news on two fronts. First, it demonstrates that many Americans have been infected and either never presented symptoms or presented symptoms mild enough to prevent them from seeking medical attention. It was previously known that some carriers of the coronavirus never get sick at all, but this study shows the number is much higher than previous estimates.
More importantly, it shows the mortality rate from infection is much, much lower than other studies have indicated. According to this comprehensive study by one of the leading medical labs in the nation, the mortality rate for infection of COVID-19 is on par with or even lower than that of the flu.
If we use today’s confirmed deaths, 69, and the estimated numbers in the Stanford study from early April, the mortality rate is between 0.08% and 0.14%, or 8-14 deaths per 10,000 infected. That is a far cry from the 3.5% or higher rate currently being used, a number that would attribute 350 deaths per 10,000 infected.
Having exponentially more infections may sound like bad news, but it’s actually extremely good news. It means millions of Americans have likely been infected and beat the coronavirus without knowing they had it. It also means mortality rates are much, much lower.
(Excerpt) Read more at noqreport.com ...
Stanford?
Joke!
The CORVIS19 has probably been in the country since who nows when
There is a story that China had it way earlier than we were told...
IT makes sense ...If it got of the lab...someone had to get it...then give it to other people..
This would take months..
They’ll do anything to keep the hysteria ginned up for as long as possible. “Could”, “might”, “may”, etc., then a bunch of numbers pulled out of .... somewhere The sun COULD also suddenly go nova. The Yellowstone caldera MIGHT blow any minute. California COULD break off and slide into the ocean. Monkeys MAY fly out of my butt too. (Let Stanford study THAT.) :-)
So that means we all had this thing and no one needs to be on lock down. Is that right?
If we assume the number of recoveries is 10 times higher, then that number becomes 5.8%. Way higher than the seasonal (or even the Spanish) flu.
Calculating the same number assuming the 50 times higher number of recoveries, then the number becomes 1.2%. Still 12 times more deadly than the seasonal flu.
Assuming the 85 times higher upper limit, the number becomes 0.7%. Still 7 times higher than the seasonal flu.
I agree that it would be great news if the number of infections are really 85 times higher than what has been reported. But even then, it ain't the flu, bro!
It's not Gotham City; it's Disease Vector City and it's been that way for centuries now. (...doing time in the DVC...)
It's bad enough that the "experts" sold the lie of flattening the curve for a virus that spread months earlier but why would so many "civilians" believe the flattening lie?
These "experts" get paid to lie, not that it makes it excusable, but individuals have a responsibility to seek reason .
Good news but I really don’t understand how they took their measured 1.5% and “corrected it” to a possible value of 4.16%
But I’m encouraged by just the 1.5%. That would scale to about 5 million Americans. That would be 14 million with their high estimate.
Why is this news report posted in chat? Usually it’s the other way around :)
A most interesting article. If true, we’ll come out of this better than first imagined in all the worst- and even best-case scenarios.
Bonus: The press won’t be able to convincingly claim that PDJT was the one who overstated the case.
I suspect we will find by end of summer this is true. No fall rebound of the virus worth mentioning.
Strong economy.
Massive Landslide victory in November.
you can't make up this stuff just on assumptions because flu deaths/cases are treated differently(ignored) while every single covid case is documented or guessed at or conjured up....
enough....
LET MY PEOPLE GO!
Here’s something that’s been rattling around in my brain for a while now. Yes it’s weird. Yes, it’s bizarre. But what if ....?
You know how E. Coli is present in everyone — most of the time, it remains dormant and does no harm. Most people can eat an undercooked hamburger and not get sick. But for some people, something causes the E. Coli already present to “go hot” and send them on a trip to Hell.
What if everyone already has some form of coronavirus in their bodies, and factors like an already-compromised immune system, underlying medical conditions, obesity, smoking/vaping, pre-existing respiratory infections, etc., act as catalysts to suddenly make the formerly-dormant virus to “go hot”?
I should probably be a science-fiction writer or something. :-)
Sorry, I clicked “Post” too soon.
THe above scenario might account for the massive numbers in the Stanford study.
Can you just imagine the death threats and HATE mail that research team is getting right now?
Bingo!...... My hypochondriac ex wife made my son wear a mask back in January on the subway and to basketball games..... He was pretty much the only one I saw wearing a mask..... Then little-by-little, by late February, a few more people were wearing masks on the subway..... Now everybody’s walking around New York with a mask..... Way way way too late..... My ex has a lot of underlying conditions.... she and my son have not left their apartment in 6 weeks..... They both felt horrible for the first few weeks.... I’ll bet anything they had it and got over it..... and yes, you can have a lot of health problems and still be a hypochondriac too..... being a hypochondriac doesn’t mean you’re imagining health problems that don’t exist, it means you are obsessed with your own perceived frailty
That was my takeaway from this info.
Peak hospitalization rate for this first wave has passed in 33 states plus DC according to https://covid19.healthdata.org/
Absolutely correct..
Never let a crisis go to waste. Even if you have to manufacture it.
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