Posted on 06/30/2020 2:56:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
Fear is the enemy of reason.
Thinking we know it all, trumps fear.
Indeed. This thread is certainly taking on a whiff of “concern trollism”.
Remember, it’s all about deaths not positive test results. We are averaging over 40K positives per day now but the average for deaths per day is less than 500.
The ONLY people that need to be protected are the particularly vulnerable to dying from the disease which are obviously the elderly and those with significant preexisting conditions.
Per the CDC:
“A total of 31,934 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizations were reported by sites between March 1, 2020 and June 20, 2020”
Read it twice, that is NOTHING! Over a third of a year less than 32,000 people were admitted to the hospital for Covid-19 related issues.
Btw, that’s approximately 5 admissions per US hospital over a 4 month period.... TOTAL!
Seems to be a little surge here in deaths. California leading in new deaths. Could this be the second wave we were told about?
I’m not worried and have never been worried this whole over reaction. What worries me only is other people worrying too much about it, so the sooner we can get it behind us, the better. The Democrats are going to play every death for what its worth against Trump.
California is importing patients with the chinese flue from mexico....several threads about it here.
Unfortunately herd immunity is going to take some time. Hopefully the virus will help us out by slowly reducing it’s virulence as time goes on.
Right now we need to take FDR’s advice concerning “fear”.
“””Remember, it’s all about deaths not positive test results. We are averaging over 40K positives per day now but the average for deaths per day is less than 500.”””
Well stated.
Keep in mind that the recent increase in positive tests results is the only thing the media has to complain about at this point.
Before new cases the media was complaining that there was not enough testing.
Before testing the media was complaining that there were not enough ventilators.
Before ventilators the media was complaining that there was not enough PPE.
Before PPE the media was complaining that Trump had not shutdown early enough.
Before PPE the media was complaining that Trump had shut off travel from Europe to the USA.
Before travel from Europe the media was complaining that Trump had shut off travel from China to the USA.
Before travel from China the media was complaining that Trump must be impeached. And on and on and on.
The trend is obvious. And, oh yes, the emerging complaint from the media is that Trump does not wear a mask.
Two years ago, 385 deaths per day in the U S from the flu.
I never knew that, although I agree the thing you describe would be a significant disadvantage.
How did you know it to be the case?
I’m convinced the Chinese and the Wuhan Institute can never be used against us again.
I’m also convinced that these lowlifes would hurl another virus at us if they could.
Unbeknownst to them, their ultimate accomplishment will be self-infection.
“California leading in new deaths. Could this be the second wave we were told about?”
What is the date of the end of the first wave, and how do you identify it as the end?
Take a look at what is going on on the Left and in the streets today.
It isn’t taking place of fear. It’s taking place because millions of our youth have been led to believe they know everything.
This nation could cease to exist because of it.
The Deep State, Fauci, they all think they know everything.
There’s no moderation in these folks. They are sure they couldn’t possibly be wrong.
Recent spike correlates precisely to the BLM riots, doesn’t it?
Got it. You have a good point.
The death rate is a lagging indicator. People with fatal cases of Covid-19 die from 2 to 6 weeks after infection. So we won't see increased deaths from the recent surge in cases for another week or so.
There were actually 1,284 daily deaths in the US as of 7:25 this morning, compared to 338 over the previous 24 hour period. That's a jump of nearly 4 fold.
I don’t know where you’re getting your “figures” from but as of 7:30 this morning Worldometer had 12 deaths listed so far today.
Yesterday they had a total of 764.
You are buying into the misbelief that those most vulnerable are being equally as infected as those that are not. That is a erroneous assumption.
Also look at the initial spikes in infection in March/April.....there was no “lagging effect” They mirrored each other.
Also look at hospitalizations.....No major surge.
Perhaps you’re hoping for something very negative or maybe you’re a concern troll or maybe you actually believe the pap you’re posting. Regardless, it is spurious.
On Jun 29 at 7:37 AM, I recorded 125,803 US deaths posted at the Johns Hopkins website.
Yesterday at 6:31 AM, I recorded 126,141 US deaths, or a total of 338 deaths over a one day period.
Today at 7:25 AM, I recorded 127,425 US deaths, or an increase of 1,284 over the previous day.
I have been recording daily case, death, and recovery data from both Johns Hopkins and Worldometer since March. I have been recording separate US numbers since April. So I have a fairly comprehensive data set.
Perhaps you’re hoping for something very negative or maybe you’re a concern troll or maybe you actually believe the pap you’re posting. Regardless, it is spurious.
There is nothing spurious about presenting the facts about the pandemic situation. My hope is that through arming people with accurate information, they will recognize the seriousness of the pandemic and cooperate with efforts to reduce and stop the spread. Unfortunately, too many people have bought into misinformation and are therefore behaving in ways that will keep the virus spreading.
I want the virus gone.
I want life to go back to normal.
Every person who does not take the pandemic seriously delays our return to a normal life.
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