CDC says one thing, President Trump says another..
Heretic!!! But you are correct. Trump downplays this at his peril
If it’s a setup, he walked right into it.
I don’t suppose you recall the recent CDC scandal regarding vaping...?
Cuz I do.
One point. Do not assume that the CDC is not politicized with some officials and workers who strongly oppose him and support the players of the deep state.
A panic over an impending health crisis is one excellent way to see havoc in economic gains brought about by Trump’s policy. Those gains will be forgotten and any downturn will be fodder for the Democratic candidates. It will be used to bolster arguments for,
Universal healthcare
Basic income
Draconian climate change laws
Higher taxes
More government power of daily lives.
Those who are most vulnerable to this virus are the same population that is vulnerable to flu viruses. The same health practices to keep them safe during flu epidemics should be observed.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html
Worldwide
2708÷80407=0.03367866 or 3.367866%
Doing the same for the more modern, honest countries gives you.
I've had the flu many times but have never gone to the doctor. Hong Kong has had less than 100 cases. Too small of a sample for accuracy. Looking at the numbers, a lot have not recovered yet. We're not going to know the fatality rate until it's all said and done, plus, many people will get it, get over it and not be part of the statistics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mortality_from_H5N1
They break it down by country and it caries wildly. Canada had a 100% mortality rate. One person got it and died. The average was 52.8% and we're no where near that. It mostly hit third world countries too.
The case-fatality rate is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of case-fatality (CF) rates for past influenza pandemics have ranged from about 0.1% (1957 and 1968 pandemics) to 20% (1918 pandemic); the official World Health Organization estimate for the current outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza to date is around 60%.
Too early to tell and comparisons don't work. Conditions in 1918 were quite different than today and so were 1957/1968 really. Also keep in mind, people go to the hospital when they feel like they're gonna die so the numbers are always going to be higher than what's known. On the flip side, people die and the official diagnosis is never known, especially with old people. With the flu, most people don't die from it. They die when the flu turns into pneumonia.
My feeling at this point is that it's just as contagious as the flu, if not more so and as are as mortality rate, that just varies depending on many things. Italy at 3.1% while Japan at 0.5% seems odd. 3.3% is average but 95% of cases have been in China which is dirty, very poor air quality in the industrial areas, overcrowded and ruled by idiot communists.
At the top of the news tonight, a rail disaster. At Devils Tower, Wyoming, a train loaded with a dangerous chemical gas went off the rails and has forced the widest area evacuations in the history of these controversial Army rail shipments. Fortunately, much of the surrounding area has been closed to the public for three weeks for renovation to the national park there...The Army and National Guard units are supervising the evacuation. It is estimated that from 35 to 50 thousand people are affected. The families that have been dislocated have been assured that the danger will be over within seventy-two hours. We've seen the Army here, the Corps of Engineers, and the Chemical Engineers...Once the toxic concentration is down to fifty parts per million, then the danger will be past. This means that the park's residents will be back in their own homes by the weekend. Of course, it's small consolation to the livestock in the area, although ranchers have been notified...This means, order your steak well-done, Walter.
And fortunately during this mishap, there have been no fatalities...In a few minutes, it's going to be known as the hot zone depending on the prevailing winds. But as it is, this is as close to the disaster as we've been allowed to get...the Army's Chemical Engineers and the Wyoming National Guard are making every effort to contain the leaking toxins and evacuate an area of almost 200 square miles. Everyone is being warned - stay out of the area. Everyone please, stay out of the area.