Posted on 05/27/2020 11:14:56 PM PDT by knighthawk
How we respond to the novel coronavirus should be based on emerging evidence about the danger posed by the virus — a reasonable road.
Despite what many people hoped, COVID-19 is clearly worse than the seasonal flu. But despite what other people feared, it doesn’t seem to be nearly as lethal as the Spanish Flu of 1918, which killed about 0.7 percent of the total US population — the equivalent of more than 2 million people today.
As we move from lockdowns to something more closely resembling normal life, the emerging evidence about the threat posed by COVID-19 should inform our judgment about which precautions make sense. The initial, ham-handed approach — which confined hundreds of millions of people to their homes except for government-approved purposes — should be replaced by more carefully targeted measures focused on protecting the people who face the highest risk.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
BTTT
People should admit “we might’ve overreacted, a little” and be done with it.
I can live with that but, this pretense, fraud and the wishy washy perogatives of the givernors and stupid statements of health directors in counties like Santa Clara to promote and continue “Fear Inc” are enough.
Coronavirus: Bay Area Health Official Says California May Be Reopening Too Quickly
Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody on Wednesday explained once again why she is OK with baby steps.
“If we make a change and don’t pause to see the impact then we are blind to knowing what the next actions may do,” Cody said.
Just stop. You have already lost all your credibility.
do what you can to keep some self respect...
San Jose City Manager Expects County COVID-19 Death Toll to Approach 2,000 in ‘Best Case’ Scenario
Oh REALLY????
You effin liars or are you incompetent???!!!
You aren’t even close
Your Wild Ass Guess was 2,000 deaths in 12 weeks.
Well, Jackass, we are 6 into your expert opinion and the deaths are now sitting at uhmmmm.... “supposedly” some 130, which I would be more exact than you but, for some reason the “Dashboard” loads slower than a herd of turtles in an arctic storm.
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx
5% of your “Magic 8 Ball” guess has come about so far and it won’t be getting much closer.
Stupid.
Yeah, you are stupid...
Update:
Santa Clara is now at 140 deaths
You are still stupid...
BTW, it took 13 days to go from 129 deaths to 140
You are still stupid...
They can’t just open it all up yet. They still have an economy to wreck before the election.
1/4 of the 100,000 deaths are in NYS. That leaves 1,500 deaths for each of 49 states.
About 650,000 deaths from heart disease each year.
About 44% of the 100,000 deaths are in NY + NJ + CT. The vast majority of those are within 75 miles of lower Manhattan.
MA is sending confusing messages about re-opening but is dropping hints that colleges won’t open in the Fall. It makes no sense at all, but Gov Charley Baker is trying to stretch the crisis out until the election is over. Technically, he’s a Republican, but everyone knows that’s not so.
The virus has turned into the lefts latest weapon.. dragging it out as long as they can.. they will politicize anything...
And i dont want to see 6 ft figure again... they can stop directing people traffic into and out of.... we can get some sort of normal back .. for all of us.
This needs to be OVER ...
And now Fauci said the antibody tests are 50% wrong. Insane...
But antibody tests for Measles, Mumps, Rubella are accurate, Dr. Doom.
Or should we stop using those, too...?
BTW, the CDC is in the testing biz, too...
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/serology-testing.html
One test I remember was deaths of traffic accidents. The result was that more happened in areas where people were poor. How stupid is that.
But further....Rochester had the red light cameras....Come to find out it was mostly poor people and Union people (exempt) who were blowing the lights. So they removed them and the City ate a couple mil.
Using weekly totals, since the week ending APR 4, the tallies have been:
7630 (week ending APR 4)
13678
15269 (peak week, ending APR 18)
14925
13188
12593
10076
8565 (week ending May 23)
We are now 5 weeks beyond the peak. It's time to get back to living.
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