Hear, hear!
We don’t call it a ‘panic pandemic’ for no good reason at all!
this is not true
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1/4 - I think it would be helpful if I cleared up some confusion that has emerged in recent days. Some have interpreted my evidence to a UK parliamentary committee as indicating we have substantially revised our assessments of the potential mortality impact of COVID-19.
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2/4 -This is not the case. Indeed, if anything, our latest estimates suggest that the virus is slightly more transmissible than we previously thought. Our lethality estimates remain unchanged.
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3/4 - My evidence to Parliament referred to the deaths we assess might occur in the UK in the presence of the very intensive social distancing and other public health interventions now in place.
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4/4 - Without those controls, our assessment remains that the UK would see the scale of deaths reported in our study (namely, up to approximately 500 thousand).
By the day it’s becoming clearer that the B.S. is being exposed. In the meantime enjoy the light traffic. The useless idiots are off the road.
When this is over we will be wondering why we were so gullible and wondering what happened to the “disappeared” two trillion dollars.
Here is, through a Jewish doctor, a medical protocol which helps human bodies ward off the worst effects of this “flu” virus, and helps people recover.
The out-patient treatment protocol developed by Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, of Monroe, NY, being as follows:
1) Hydroxychloroquine 200mg 2x/d 5 days,
2) Azithromycin 500mg 1/x 5days, and
3) Zinc Sulfate 220mg/d 5 days,
“is inexpensive and generally well tolerated.”
They are the old malaria drug, an antibiotic, and a mineral our body needs to function. It is keeping people out of hospital, and not needing ventilators.
This simple and inexpensive protocol, which is supported by the president - is being first laughed at, then scorned, and now the attempts by those whose god is money, to be withheld from those ill.
Forgive me for having over-posted this information yesterday. Let those whom I annoyed by doing so forgive me.
The information is live-saving. Please let us disseminate this information to every patient and their family, doctor and politician.
Well, maybe not every politician.
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko
845-238-0000
501 Rt 208, Monroe, NY 10950
Upon request, Norski will supply the a copy of Dr. Zelenko’s complete letter, protocol, and video, which has been ccd to President Trump.
Thank you.
Dr. Birx has a certain encouraging magic to her.
Prince Charles and Boris Johnson might feel you are too conservative.
LOL about your cat.
I hate to spoil the soup but the “data” being referenced in this article seems to be just the opinions of experts or a reference to the ((almost certainly) lying Chinese.
Looking at the chronological data that we actually collect, infections and deaths, will give you very little if any assurance that the spread of this virus is slowing down. It will, eventually. And when it does the rates of growth will slow, flatten out and fall.
I see very little sign of that hoped for transition in the published data. We do have a day or two of better data. That could be the start. I hope so. But it is simply not enough to claim a downward trend.
Pay attention to the situation in New York, particularly NYC. It is about to get much worse.
We will get through this but predictions of when by supposed experts are worth about what you paid for them. They are looking at the same infection and fatality rates as I and many others here at FR are.
Maybe someone knows how to detect positive changes in the seemingly steady trends. If so, there would be a lot interest in hearing how that works. Listening to “experts” is not good enough for me.
I seriously do not see anything encouraging about the numbers at all.
There were 69,158 new cases and 3,292 deaths in the last 25 hours. Contrast this with one week ago when there were 23,633 new cases and 923 deaths in a 24 hour period.
I graph the daily total cases, deaths, and recoveries every day. The rate of increase of new cases is in an exponential growth phase currently.
The projections that Blackmon is referring to are the worst case scenarios—the projections *if nothing is done*. The efficacy of control measures is shown by how far short of projections the actual numbers fall. The fact that the real numbers are falling short of projections is NOT a sign that the virus is not very serious or that we are victims of some great fear mongering conspiracy. It is a sign that public health measures work.
The bottom line is that we cannot afford to become complacent just because the number of cases is lower than worst case scenarios. The worst case scenario is still a very grave threat until we get this thing under control.
Typically, an outbreak is considered ended when 2 full incubation periods have passed without new cases. We are nowhere near that point yet.
Wuhan is bad stuff if you get a serious case but the media reporting is way over the top and very much misinformation
The do not resuscitate stories are very misleading and really despicable
Given that a large fraction of very critical Wuhan virus patients for whom death is imminent typically have some other very serious ailment, pre existing condition or just plain old failing health from being over 80 yrs old, any of which mean their death is likely in short term even without Wuhan virus.
In these cases, naturally there is some debate as to whether heroic efforts to resuscitate them if they code are justified if there is a huge backlog of other critical patients who need a ventilator.
Why go to heroic efforts to resuscitate a patient Wuhan virus if you would not resuscitate that patient due to prognosis of their pre existing state of health in normal times when there is no concerns about ventilators shortages.
The media lie here is obvious - the part the media is leaving out is that the patient in need of potential resuscitation is already receiving intensive care treatment including a ventilator - the doctors are just debating on heroic measures to revive if the patient expires
Doctors always face this debate with this kind of patient
How hard do really want push to resuscitate when dealing with an 85 year old memory care Alzheimer’s nursing home resident with chronic diabetes and congestive heart failure.
These media people are despicable
All of the posts hyping this thing are being posted by those criticizing the hype of this thing.
If you don’t like the hype, panic, hysteria....stop posting the articles. This story does nothing but regurgitate information already out there.
In times when Americans had better judgment, one would not have been able to steal their very livelihood by a campaign of media lies. Financial panics happened among those with money to worry about, but the bedrock of common sense always stood firm.
This sorry Fake Virus panic revealed a serious failure of that bedrock. We are weak. We are driven by emotions, not common sense. The next generation is not grounded enough to defend the freedom of the individual.
The test: Every mayor and governor who has acted as a despot in taking away our guaranteed freedoms should be thrown out of office. There is no excuse for their rescinding their oaths to uphold the Constitution.
The left isn’t letting a good crisis go to waste. In fact, they’re helping to foment the crisis and over-reaction to the basic situation.
I’ll go one step further and say we should admit we overreacted, and go back to our jobs and our normal activities, with a few changes:
Working or attending classes remotely from home, is great if possible.
Stop traditional physical greetings - handshakes, embraces, etc..
Avoid touching things unnecessarily - doorknobs, handrails, fixtures, etc..
Wash hands frequently.
Stay home when you are sick! Keep your kids home when they are sick!
Most important of all:
As we learn more about this virus - how contagious it is, how many people get seriously sick, the true mortality rate - take care to distinguish between what is known and what is unknown - between what is true and not true. What is fact and what is conjecture.
If this virus turns out to be far less deadly than the seasonal flu, then we will have needlessly destroyed tens of millions of jobs and families. Many people argued this point and were mocked and dismissed as “flubros”. That was wrong - we should have been able to have that conversation. The “flubros” may well turn out to have been right.
The bottom line is that sober risk assessment is every bit as important as a robust medical response. Yes, we can destroy lives by under-reacting, but we can also destroy lives by overreacting. We shouldn’t make one mistake to avoid another mistake.
Or as President Trump has been saying, we can’t let the cure be worse than the disease.
Isn’t COVID-19 the Chinese Virus?
Isn’t COVID-19 the Chinese Virus?