VA Issues Stay-at-Home Order til June 10th
04-02-2020, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AntiPeter
80% of people won’t even know they have been infected. And the death rate in New York has been lower than forecast, much less than an exponential climb. New York City and New York State have kept good statistics, they are available online.
As the NYC statistics show, this is a virus that almost exclusively kills sick people:
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/down...ary-deaths.pdf
Those with underlying conditions can sit at home in isolation and protect themselves. The rest of us should be working.
The potential for economic depression and all the problems that come with it is simply not worth the risk. Repressing everyone equally is an absurdity with a virus that is so specific in who it impacts.
As the NYC statistics show, this is a virus that almost exclusively kills sick people:
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/down...ary-deaths.pdf
Those with underlying conditions can sit at home in isolation and protect themselves. The rest of us should be working.
The potential for economic depression and all the problems that come with it is simply not worth the risk. Repressing everyone equally is an absurdity with a virus that is so specific in who it impacts.
The current death rate average for the common flu is 0.10, and the average deaths/year from the flu, from 2011-2019 is 37,400.
If the US death rate stays at 4.0, we should expect about 150,000 deaths this year. And,the estimated deaths are ONLY from the Cvirus, and doesn't count those who die of other causes, because medical personnel, hospital beds, ICU beds, operating rooms, etc. are not available. If we overrun our hospitals, then many people will die from accidents, diseases, ongoing medical issues, etc., that cannot get lifesaving medical care.
04-02-2020, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MCDUmanipulator
3 full months into tbjs and world wide this thing has only killed about 40,000. With a world population near 8,000,000,000
thats somewhere in the neighborhood of .0000005 % of the population
thats somewhere in the neighborhood of .0000005 % of the population
04-02-2020, 11:13 PM
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Jaguars great Tony Boselli confirms that COVID-19 sent him to ICU, virus 'buried me'
“The thought I would leave with is this: You might be OK, but your neighbor might not be. Try to think of everyone in this situation.”
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