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WHO: 10% of world’s people may have been infected with virus
Breitbart ^ | 10/05/2020 | AP

Posted on 10/05/2020 6:09:49 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

GENEVA (AP) — The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday its “best estimates” indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead. Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking to a special session of the WHO’s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19, said the figures vary from urban to rural, and between different groups, but that ultimately it means “the vast majority of the world remains at risk.” He said the pandemic would continue to evolve, but that tools exist to suppress transmission and save lives. “Many deaths have been averted and many more lives can be protected,” Ryan said. He was flanked by his boss, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who minutes earlier led a moment of silence to honor victims as well as round of applause for the health workers who have strived to save them.

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KEYWORDS: infected; virus; who; world
The WHO loves lock downs. I dismiss anything must of what they say.
1 posted on 10/05/2020 6:09:49 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’re Not Gonna Take It!


2 posted on 10/05/2020 6:10:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who?


3 posted on 10/05/2020 6:10:58 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Huh?


4 posted on 10/05/2020 6:13:17 AM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who Gives a flying f what hoo thinks, says, does?


5 posted on 10/05/2020 6:13:22 AM PDT by albie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Funny they don’t mention the percentage of those who die from it. Kinda left out that little bit of info, didn’t they.


6 posted on 10/05/2020 6:13:29 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
IF that's true, it's probably because most people who had it didn't even know they had it because they didn't experience any symptoms. What kind of flu is that?

I don't trust The WHO ( neither the political organization nor the rock band), The Fake News Media or the demonicRAT Party to give me the straight scoop.

7 posted on 10/05/2020 6:15:24 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I get that everyone who gets it or dies from it is 100% Trump’s fault, but is that true in the rest of the world as well? /s


8 posted on 10/05/2020 6:17:52 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: ChicagoConservative27

10%, but nobody in China.


9 posted on 10/05/2020 6:20:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s probably much higher than that.

In most countries virtually no one is testing or really looking for it.

There are likely four to five zeros to the right of the decimal in the death rate, truth be known.


10 posted on 10/05/2020 6:33:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: dfwgator
We’re Not Gonna Take It!

Never did and never will
Gonna break it
Gonna shake it
Let's forget it better still.

11 posted on 10/05/2020 6:34:27 AM PDT by newfreep (The Communist/DNC VOTER FRAUD is Trump's ONLY opponent in 2020 election.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The WHO still trying to make it look like they’re relevant ... why should we listen to an organization that consistently got it wrong?

First they said corona wasn’t infectious and closing borders made no sense ... then they said 2.2 million would die in the US ... and they NEVER criticize China

This bunch can’t be taken seriously anymore


12 posted on 10/05/2020 6:56:11 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So... over 760 million people infected and only 1 million deaths... Meaning this is less lethal than the regular flu... Thanks for the update.


13 posted on 10/05/2020 6:58:42 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod

Which makes the infection fatality rate a lowly 0.13%... about the same as a bad flu season.. consistent with what many “skeptics” have been saying all along.

Less dangerous than the flu among younger people, higher among the elderly with selected risk factors.


14 posted on 10/05/2020 7:36:30 AM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Only 10%? Covid been running wild since February and only 10%?


15 posted on 10/05/2020 7:46:52 AM PDT by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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What a laugh. Who cares? It does not matter. I isn’t worse than the flu. It is a COVID flu.


16 posted on 10/05/2020 7:53:35 AM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’re doomed!


17 posted on 10/05/2020 7:54:46 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m not a doctor and I don’t play one on TV, but I believe the percentage is much higher than 10 percent who have been infected. I’d go with about 25 percent. And so what? It’s bad for some people, and relatively benign for most people. Flu.


18 posted on 10/05/2020 8:00:46 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I just researched this.

To begin with, the COVID death rate is about 1/34 or about 3%. The annual death rate worldwide is about 2%. And we know there is a HIGH overlap of COVID deaths to deaths from other causes. But if COVID was 1/10 (I DOUBT that) and the death rate is 1/34 you end up with 1/340 or a .2%

Now, even the lying SOS at Reuters admit that only 6% of all COVID deaths are from COVID alone. They argue, unsuccessfully, that when COVID exacerbates an existing condition it and results in death it is a COVID death.
I am going with the 6% figure anyway.

So of the .2% only 6% are true net COVID. So you have .012% of the world dying from COVID, which is way less than any almost other cause.

Someone can check my math.

Sources:

*Worldwide annual deaths (2017): https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-number-of-deaths-by-cause

* Reuters “Fact Check” https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-94-percent-covid-among-caus/fact-check-94-of-individuals-with-additional-causes-of-death-still-had-covid-19-idUSKBN25U2IO


19 posted on 10/05/2020 8:02:42 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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“...that roughly 1 in 10 people...”

I’d have to say very roughly. They are stretching the language disposal.

According to ABC (already been caught):

“GENEVA — The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Monday its “best estimates” indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus...

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/10-worlds-people-infected-virus-73427817

“May have been infected”(?)....”best estimates”(?) When is the WHO going to use science. So I guess guessing is real solid in trying to promote their occupation of health? And my “guessing” is about as solid as theirs.

Look at numbers: the world population is 7.594 billion. The WHO’s hope list 35,437,479 confirmed cases as of this morning with 1,043,150 deaths confirmed. (They need to thank the people for keeping the death number at a whole number ending in zero).

If you do the math, that’s “roughly” (equal use of words here) 2% of the world population confirmed. It also means that that 1 in 10 number is not even a valid fact or a good guess. Especially when you are working with science.

Mathematical realism: 2.14% confirmed 2 < 10.

Or are they saying the deaths that were projected didn’t happen? As Bugs would say, “mmmmmmm could be?”

rwood


20 posted on 10/05/2020 8:48:10 AM PDT by Redwood71
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