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Old 08-03-2020, 01:29 PM
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[QUOTE=NE_Pilot;3104390]
Originally Posted by Ronaldo View Post

How do they conclude that? One would think it would be headline news if it were found that hospitals and coroners were attributing COVID-19 deaths to something else. Where are these undercounts occurring? Which states have the most undercounts?

Considering the criteria, and financial incentive, to be included as a COVID-19 death, it seems highly unlikely there would be an undercount.
this has been headline news, and the topic has been beaten to death on APC already.

so many people here asserting that there is an overcount, but not a single source or shred of evidence. the evidence points to an undercount.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/offi...udy-finds.html
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Old 08-03-2020, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronaldo View Post
Not trying to wade into this mess but as someone who flies all over the world I can say most countries locked down sooner, longer and more completely than we did. That’s what’s going on in the world. They are reopening because they social distanced and wore masks while dumbass Americans said the virus was a hoax or flu is more deadly... Now we have more cases than anyone, will have way more deaths per capita and people will whine that we should just let it blaze.

When you fly over HKG or ICN or Europe it’s still a ghost town. Every day we delay doing the right things as a country is another two weeks of fail.
You mean like, Sweden?

No mandatory lockdowns. Kids going to school. Mask usage south of 10% and yet they are pretty much DONE with the Coof. And yet, there are still those that think Sweden did it wrong. Look at the Worldometers graphs.

All the lockdowns, masks, and socialist distancing in the world isn’t going to stop the susceptible from catching this bug. Isolate the vulnerable. Treat the sick. Mourn the dead and move the F on.

And yes, there has been a positive case in my household. A serious one especially considering she has COPD. But she recovered as have ALL the other people in my life that contracted it. More than half of them with no symptoms whatsoever.
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Old 08-03-2020, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GeeWizDriver View Post
You mean like, Sweden?

No mandatory lockdowns. Kids going to school. Mask usage south of 10% and yet they are pretty much DONE with the Coof. And yet, there are still those that think Sweden did it wrong. Look at the Worldometers graphs.

All the lockdowns, masks, and socialist distancing in the world isn’t going to stop the susceptible from catching this bug. Isolate the vulnerable. Treat the sick. Mourn the dead and move the F on.
No one who actually understands the situation views Sweden as a model. If anything, Sweden is a cautionary tale

"Sweden’s grim result — more death, and nearly equal economic damage — suggests that the supposed choice between lives and paychecks is a false one: A failure to impose social distancing can cost lives and jobs at the same time.

Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States, 12 times more than Norway, seven times more than Finland and six times more than Denmark.

The elevated death toll resulting from Sweden’s approach has been clear for many weeks. What is only now emerging is how Sweden, despite letting its economy run unimpeded, has still suffered business-destroying, prosperity-diminishing damage, and at nearly the same magnitude of its neighbors."

Sweden's example doesn't really prove your point


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/b...ronavirus.html
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Old 08-03-2020, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by furloughfuntime View Post
No one who actually understands the situation views Sweden as a model. If anything, Sweden is a cautionary tale

"Sweden’s grim result — more death, and nearly equal economic damage — suggests that the supposed choice between lives and paychecks is a false one: A failure to impose social distancing can cost lives and jobs at the same time.

Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States, 12 times more than Norway, seven times more than Finland and six times more than Denmark.

The elevated death toll resulting from Sweden’s approach has been clear for many weeks. What is only now emerging is how Sweden, despite letting its economy run unimpeded, has still suffered business-destroying, prosperity-diminishing damage, and at nearly the same magnitude of its neighbors."

Sweden's example doesn't really prove your point


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/b...ronavirus.html
Because the NYT is an impartial voice in this period of collective lunacy.

Sweden has fewer total deaths than the state of Michigan, a similar sized population in a state that locked down with some of the most draconian policy in the US. Tell me again how lockdowns worked.
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Old 08-03-2020, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by NE_Pilot View Post
this has been headline news, and the topic has been beaten to death on APC already.

so many people here asserting that there is an overcount, but not a single source or shred of evidence. the evidence points to an undercount.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/offi...udy-finds.html
From your article:

Weinberger said other factors could contribute to the increase in deaths, such as people avoiding emergency treatment for things like heart attacks. However, he doesn’t think that is the main driver.
That is a pretty big assumption on the part of the researchers. We already know suicides and ODs are on the rise. We also know people have not been going to the hospital. So the whole undercount is based on the thought that the majority of excess deaths have to be COVID-19, yet no evidence for that assumption is given.

Once again, what evidence is there for this claim? Where are the articles that show someone was incorrectly listed as a non-COVID-19 death when it was clearly one? There are plenty of examples of people who died from accidents and gunshots who were listed as COVID-19, yet none that I have seen in the other direction....

Edit: There must be evidence that these excess deaths must to be attributed to COVID19, it is not axiomatic. Dismissing other potential reasons without evidence is not science.

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Originally Posted by furloughfuntime View Post
No one who actually understands the situation views Sweden as a model. If anything, Sweden is a cautionary tale

"Sweden’s grim result — more death, and nearly equal economic damage — suggests that the supposed choice between lives and paychecks is a false one: A failure to impose social distancing can cost lives and jobs at the same time.

Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States, 12 times more than Norway, seven times more than Finland and six times more than Denmark.

The elevated death toll resulting from Sweden’s approach has been clear for many weeks. What is only now emerging is how Sweden, despite letting its economy run unimpeded, has still suffered business-destroying, prosperity-diminishing damage, and at nearly the same magnitude of its neighbors."

Sweden's example doesn't really prove your point


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/b...ronavirus.html
It seems there are a few of you who are a little tone deaf when forming your arguments. Posting a NY Times article to defend an argument will result in a quick set of blind eyes and deaf ears. How many Fox News articles have you used for sourcing? I think the safe assumption is approximately zero, and there's a reason for that.

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Old 08-03-2020, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by GeeWizDriver View Post
Because the NYT is an impartial voice in this period of collective lunacy.

Sweden has fewer total deaths than the state of Michigan, a similar sized population in a state that locked down with some of the most draconian policy in the US. Tell me again how lockdowns worked.
Just because you dislike the source doesn't mean the information contained is wrong. Here are the hard facts. Quibble if you like but:

"Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States."

"Sweden suffered a vastly higher death rate while failing to collect on the expected economic gains."


Now if you have a source with evidence, I'd be happy to look at it. But saying you don't like my source while maintaining how great things are in Sweden is delusional. It's an unpleasant reality, but retreating to fantasy is more cowardly than trying to confront the reality of the situation.
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Originally Posted by furloughfuntime View Post
while failing to collect on the expected economic gains."
What were those expected gains and how far short did they fall?
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Originally Posted by furloughfuntime View Post
Just because you dislike the source doesn't mean the information contained is wrong. Here are the hard facts. Quibble if you like but:

"Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States."

"Sweden suffered a vastly higher death rate while failing to collect on the expected economic gains."


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We are barely at quarter time....
These premature conclusions need a term added to make them more accurate.

Simply append this to your quotes.....'so far',
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Old 08-03-2020, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by furloughfuntime View Post
Just because you dislike the source doesn't mean the information contained is wrong. Here are the hard facts. Quibble if you like but:

"Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States."

"Sweden suffered a vastly higher death rate while failing to collect on the expected economic gains."


Now if you have a source with evidence, I'd be happy to look at it. But saying you don't like my source while maintaining how great things are in Sweden is delusional. It's an unpleasant reality, but retreating to fantasy is more cowardly than trying to confront the reality of the situation.
You mean like more deaths in Michigan with draconian lockdowns than an equivalent population in Sweden? And a totally flat case load and death rate curve (Worldometers) than the rest of the planet? You mean EVIDENCE like that?
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