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To: Conserv

no kidding, YAWN.

CDC: (regular flu/ 2019-2020 - 56,000 deaths from flu and related; 250000 in hospital. 2018-2019 - 61,000 deaths. US figures

Corona Virus - 3,000 dead, 80,000 in the hospital worldwide.


3 posted on 02/26/2020 6:48:31 PM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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Yeah..”Yawn”..

Leading Harvard expert (talked about on Tucker 2 nights ago) estimates between 40 and 70% OF THE ENTIRE WORLD will contract COVID-19.

At a minimum (the 40% range) assuming a 2% mortality rate (which by all accounts is probably understated by potentially a lot), that’s 2.8 MILLION dead Americans.

“YAWN”, indeed. Kinda tired of hearing this all being poo-poo’d. This is probably the singular greatest health issue ANY of us have ever seen, or ever WILL see.


8 posted on 02/26/2020 6:53:46 PM PST by jstolzen
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To: bboop

China has a bridge they want to sell you....cheap


13 posted on 02/26/2020 6:54:59 PM PST by heshtesh
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I’m thinking that this is being weaponized to crash Trump’s stock market. #DeepState


32 posted on 02/26/2020 7:07:40 PM PST by WWG1WWA (Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity." -Marcus Aurelius - stop changing my tag, freak.)
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AHHHHHHHHH. Why do I keep seeing this “argument”??? COVID has not spread yet. You can’t make any comparisons until it is as widespread as regular flu. A 3 year old could understand this...


34 posted on 02/26/2020 7:08:01 PM PST by StolarStorm
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Corona Virus - 3,000 dead, 80,000 in the hospital worldwide.

And you trust the Chinese government to be accurately reporting what's happening in China in regard to the flu???

If so, I have some really great waterfront land to sell you in FL.

Honest.

64 posted on 02/26/2020 7:28:19 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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And when it’s YOUR turn to get the corona virus, I suppose you’ll be just as lackadaisical about it?


72 posted on 02/26/2020 7:38:44 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: bboop
"CDC: (regular flu/ 2019-2020 - 56,000 deaths from flu and related; 250000 in hospital. 2018-2019 - 61,000 deaths. US figures Corona Virus - 3,000 dead, 80,000 in the hospital worldwide."

So, according to studies this corona virus is more transmissible than the flu, and there's currently no vaccine. Antiviral drugs may help, but that's not yet certain.

What is known is that with a 70,000+ case history, mortality in China is 2.3%. Let's say that's reduced to half in the US, or 1.2%. That would mean that if 100,000,000 Americans contracted it (~1/3 of the population), we could expect 1.2 million deaths.

Also bear in mind that COVID-19 seems to be more incapacitating than flu, which means more effect on the economy.

Let's hope it doesn't spread too much, and that we find a vaccine fast. It's nothing to take lightly!

187 posted on 02/27/2020 9:15:43 AM PST by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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