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There was a child at my kids school who's parent got it. That's the only local story I know. Other than that, no one in my family/extended family has come in contact with anyone with the virus.
Supposedly the aunt of the best man in my wedding got it. And a neighbor had a coworker die from it earlier this month in IL. I don't personally know one person that has it. I know some nurses pretty closely, at least 6-7, and they're taking it seriously, but said their hospitals have been nothing burgers.
So what’s with the hysterical left? Do they just that badly want this to all be Trumps fault and be some crazy horrible thing that kills millions and tanks the US economy?Yes
It’s no doubt way overblown by the media, but it’s a very real thing and your lack of empirical evidence doesn’t disprove it.
1% of 70% of the US population is 2.2 millions dead.
This is totally irrelevant, as long as Trump wins.
There's no way this kills 2.2 million(s?) this year. Not a chance.
Thanks to measures that will shave 25% of US GDP.
WookieMan says
There's no way this kills 2.2 million(s?) this year. Not a chance.
Thanks to measures that will shave 25% of US GDP.
There's no way this kills 2.2 million(s?) this year. Not a chance.The anti-Trumpers are going to be disappointed.
WookieMan saysThere's no way this kills 2.2 million(s?) this year. Not a chance.The anti-Trumpers are going to be disappointed.
The major effect of the virus: The scary headlines of "millions" of Americans dying are going to keep the country closed for months, not weeks, which will may finally lead to systemic economic problems. That, alone, could hasten the death of of the 2.8 MM people who die every year in the USA.
There was a child at my kids school who's parent got it.
But was it a tested confirmed case, or just someone who thinks they have it?
Zika, SARS, MERS, N1H1, Avian Flu, or any of the other ones.I remember the first winter I lived in Dallas, 1967/1968, started working for Lone Star Gas Co. 11/29/67. After New Year's I came down with the flu (I don't know what it was called that year), I thought I was going to die I felt so bad, missed about three days of work as a new hire. Got over and have never had a flu again, but have taken the shot in the years it was considered to be so bad. I think it was in 1976 that they had special centers for the Swine flu. A few years ago they had a big set up for shots for one of the strains. When I got to the door of the room, every seat was taken. But they were super organized down to the last detail and I walked out 35 minutes later.
I am betting alot of this was due to the Wuhan virus.
But was it a tested confirmed case, or just someone who thinks they have it?
Covid-19 will be deadly until long after it isn't, because it is the ultimate totalitarian excuse!
All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.”
Heard on the radio the other day, "Stay inside! Not just for your safety but so you don't endanger those around you."
other than paranoids trying to get tested for sneezing.
these hypochondriacs that go get it at the hospital
Now it seems that half of all medical revenues in the US were from exactly those hypochondriacs showing up all the time when they weren't really sick.
If a new infection is causing many extra people to die (as opposed to an infection present in people who would have died anyway) then it will cause an increase in the overall death rate. But we have yet to see any statistical evidence for excess deaths, in any part of the world.
Covid-19 can clearly cause serious respiratory tract compromise in some patients, especially those with chest issues, and in smokers. The elderly are probably more at risk, as they are for infections of any kind. The average age of those dying in Italy is 78.5 years, with almost nine in ten fatalities among the over-70s. The life expectancy in Italy — that is, the number of years you can expect to live to from birth, all things being equal — is 82.5 years. ...
Much of the response to Covid-19 seems explained by the fact that we are watching this virus in a way that no virus has been watched before. The scenes from the Italian hospitals have been shocking, and make for grim television. But television is not science. ...
Clearly, the various lockdowns will slow the spread of Covid-19 so there will be fewer cases. When we relax the measures, there will be more cases again. But this need not be a reason to keep the lockdown: the spread of cases is only something to fear if we are dealing with an unusually lethal virus. That’s why the way we record data will be hugely important. Unless we tighten criteria for recording death due only to the virus (as opposed to it being present in those who died from other conditions), the official figures may show a lot more deaths apparently caused by the virus than is actually the case.
If a new infection is causing many extra people to die (as opposed to an infection present in people who would have died anyway) then it will cause an increase in the overall death rate
I have to laugh at the people that are posting YouTube videos going straight bonkers in sanitizing their homes, groceries, etc. and if I hear one more idiot go on about how they don’t want to bring it home to their kid who has zero chance of dying from it...