Covid 19 warning

Diver4242 wrote:

Edd505 wrote:
The US Population is 330,000,000 and in 5 months the number of deaths was 130,000. The number of deaths from COVID as a percent of the population is 0.03939 %. Compared to the number of cancer cases diagnosed in 2019 (1,762.450...) and 607,000 deaths that percentage of death is 0.184%.

A very well orchestrated plan, or an unimaginable set of events that just fell into place ... with the United States front and center ?

Scare people with a virus, force them to wear masks and place them in quarantine. Count the number of dead every second of every day, in every News Headline. By the way, ninety-nine and eight-tenths of the people who get the virus, recover.

About one to two tenths of one percent who get the virus, die.
Most all of them have other medical problems.
Did you catch that ? Less than 1/2 of a percent die.
Closed businesses = 35,000,000+ instantly unemployed.
Remove entertainment and prohibit Recreation; Closing parks, gyms, bars, restaurants, sports. No dating. No touching. Isolate people. Dehumanize them.
Close Temples and Churches, prohibit worship. Create a vacuum and let depression, anxiety, hopelessness and desperation set in.

So...you're going with "this is a conspiracy theory and blown way out of proportion"?

Are my two dead neighbors (mother and daughter), my dead 31-year old co-worker (who was a health nut, runner), and thousand Americans dying every day part of that "hysteria"?

My wife is an RN. You may not be seeing this in your part of the woods (yet), but come on down to areas where this is very real, and spend some time in a hospital cafeteria and talk to the nurses and doctors.

It seems you think we're all being misled but have you considered the propaganda you're being fed, as posted, might indicate that you perhaps are the one being misled?

I think others have pointed out how incorrect and misleading your numbers are. Far, far more people have this than are "official" and part of the counts.

160,000 dead American moms, dads, grandmas, papas, aunts, uncles, and yes, even kids in just a *few months*. Think about that. It's hype? How about 750,000 dead around the world - they're all part of some grand conspiracy?

It amazes me that folks will buy into that, while in plain view the very foundations of our Constitution and country are being dismantled each and every day. We "might" have an election, our public education and postal service is being destroyed from within by those who want to build for-profit alternatives, and we take no action while an adversary puts out hit jobs on our brave service members - what patriot ever believed we'd hear those things?

I got the same impression from Edd505. Don't be too hard on him, when you look at straight statistics it does not seem too bad. The mistake most people make is to compare annual stats with the few months this disease has been around. Unless it has hit you personally, as it has you and I, it is hard for it to sink home just how contagious this is. The US certainly has a far worse record of handling it than most of the world (certainly G7 countries), but had it not done any shutdowns, the death toll right now may be closer to a million. The disease spreads exponentially if no controls are put in place. The problem is its incubation period, and the fact people can spread it who do not know they have it. That makes it far more dangerous than the flu. I am Canadian so I am not going to get too much into American politics, but I do think your admin dropped the ball on this one. I share your political opinion on it, but I think your divisive politics on both sides have also worked against you. I compare what happened in this country where both left & right wing provincial governments seem to be on the same page with Covid. You have 5% of the population and 25% of the problem, and you can't really argue with that. Especially since the US is the best equipped to deal with this. Hopefully lessons have been learned for when this happens the next time as it inevitably will. Hopefully not for another 100 years, but I suspect with the way people move around, it will a lot sooner. Investments must be made ASAP to deal with the next one. I hate to say we are fortunate, but thank God it's not more lethal than it is. I saw an analogy the other day that really puts this into perspective. If this were airline disasters, it would be the equivalent in the US of 5 planes crashing a day with 100% fatalities. That would immediately shut down all air travel