Posted on 04/15/2020 4:28:48 AM PDT by JV3MRC
Liberal outlet Politico exploited the coronavirus-induced "economic meltdown" and translated it into a political tool to be used by Democrats against Republicans to win races in Texas. In an absurd story headlined, “Economic meltdown gives Democrats new hope in Texas,” Politico bleated that “The twin economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic and a collapsing oil market has upended the political landscape in Texas." The outlet continued drooling that this was "driving Republicans into an unfamiliar defensive crouch and giving restive Democrats an unexpected election-year lift.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
LMFAO!
Blame Bill Gates’ Event201
Event 201 Pandemic Exercise: Highlights Reel
(posted Nov 4, 2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoLw-Q8X174
Obamavirus was worse
Swine flu has killed up to 17,000 in U.S.: report
HEALTH NEWS FEBRUARY 12, 2010 / 11:18 AM / 10 YEARS AGO
H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday...
ACCURATE ESTIMATES
The CDC and the World Health Organization stopped trying to count all the actual cases months ago, once it became clear that H1N1 was a pandemic that would infect millions...
[Swine flu has killed up to 17,000 in U.S.: report
HEALTH NEWS FEBRUARY 12, 2010 / 11:18 AM / 10 YEARS AGO
H1N1 swine flu has killed as many as 17,000 Americans, including 1,800 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday...
ACCURATE ESTIMATES
The CDC and the World Health Organization stopped trying to count all the actual cases months ago, once it became clear that H1N1 was a pandemic that would infect millions...]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic#United_States
We are less than 3 months into covid-19 stateside, and at 26,000 dead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_the_United_States
>>and at 26,000 dead.
NY is cooking the numbers.
we are much more than 3 months into this.
I would consider this article a gift from God. It completely lays bare the desires of the left. Trump and the Republicans should shove this article in front of every camera, and make a huge issue of how the left is rooting for desolation in Middle America. This could be a Yuge campaign issue if the Republicans were smart.
I know, I know, I said “if”
Politico Bleats Virus-Induced ‘Economic Meltdown Gives Democrats New Hope in Texas
Thought it read:
Politico Bleats Virus-Induced ‘Economic Meltdown Gives Democrats New Hope in Taxes... which would be correct !
More Democrat wishful thinking
>>Economic meltdown gives Democrats new hope in Texas,” Politico bleated that “The twin economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic and a collapsing oil market has upended the political landscape in Texas.”
It is Democrat mayors and county judges who have put Texas cities on lockdown
ALSO:
“The CDC and the World Health Organization stopped trying to count all the actual cases months ago”
“... driving Republicans into an unfamiliar defensive crouch ...”
Unfamiliar? The “Please don’t hit me” or the “Please like me” whine is rather normal for the R politicians that I know.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3835315/posts
New York City adds 4,000 to its Wuhan virus dead by recategorizing deaths
American Thinker ^ | 04/15/2020 | Andrea Widburg
New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio abruptly added 4,000 deaths to the city’s roster of Wuhan virus deaths. He did this even though there are no tests proving that these 4,000 people died because of the virus. The mayor claims he made changes to increase statistical accuracy, but he may have been acting upon baser motives...
Sure thing! The stupid Democrats are talking themselves into locking The Dover Dimwit in as their nominee. I love it.
[New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio abruptly added 4,000 deaths to the city’s roster of Wuhan virus deaths. He did this even though there are no tests proving that these 4,000 people died because of the virus. The mayor claims he made changes to increase statistical accuracy, but he may have been acting upon baser motives...]
I’m sure they will be factored in after the fact the way the flu numbers are padded the beginning of the following year, based on statistical models rather than patients who tested positive for the flu and later died. If only the deaths positively identified as flu cases were counted, we’d have a few thousand flu deaths a year in the annual tally. That’s why the annual flu death numbers are called estimates. There’s a CDC web page that outlines the flu estimate methodology:
CDC does not know exactly how many people die from seasonal flu each year. There are several reasons for this. First, states are not required to report individual flu illnesses or deaths among people older than 18 years of age to CDC. Second, influenza is infrequently listed on death certificates of people who die from flu-related complications. Third, many flu-related deaths occur one or two weeks after a person’s initial infection, either because the person may develop a secondary bacterial co-infection (such as bacterial pneumonia) or because influenza can aggravate an existing chronic illness (such as congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Also, most people who die from flu-related complications are not tested for flu, or they seek medical care later in their illness when influenza can no longer be detected from respiratory samples. Sensitive influenza tests are only likely to detect influenza if performed within a week after onset of illness. In addition, some commonly used tests to diagnose influenza in clinical settings are not highly sensitive and can provide false negative results (i.e. they misdiagnose flu illness as not being flu.) For these reasons, many flu-related deaths may not be recorded on death certificates. These are some of the reasons that CDC and other public health agencies in the United States and other countries use statistical and mathematical models to estimate the annual number of flu-related deaths.
Flu deaths in children are slightly different though because these are nationally notifiable, which means that individual flu deaths must be reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. States report flu-related child deaths in the United States through the Influenza Associated Pediatric Mortality Surveillance System. However, even deaths in children may be underreported, for many of the same reasons listed above.
Why doesn’t CDC base its seasonal flu mortality estimates only on death certificates that specifically list influenza?
Seasonal influenza may lead to death from other causes, such as pneumonia, congestive heart failure, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It has been recognized for many years that influenza is underreported on death certificates and patients aren’t always tested for seasonal influenza infection, particularly the elderly who are at greatest risk of seasonal influenza complications and death. Some deaths – particularly among the elderly – are associated with secondary complications of influenza (including bacterial pneumonias). Influenza virus infection may not be identified in many instances because influenza virus is only detectable for a short period of time and/or many people don’t seek medical care until after the first few days of acute illness. For these and other reasons, statistical modeling strategies have been used to estimate seasonal flu-related deaths for many decades. Only counting deaths where influenza was included on a death certificate would be a gross underestimation of seasonal influenza’s true impact.
How many adults die from flu each year?
Flu deaths in adults are not nationally notifiable. In order to monitor influenza related deaths in all age groups, CDC tracks pneumonia and influenza (P&I)–attributed deaths through the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Mortality Reporting System. This system tracks the proportion of death certificates processed that list pneumonia or influenza as the underlying or contributing cause of death. This system provides an overall indication of whether flu-associated deaths are elevated, but does not provide an exact number of how many people died from flu. As it does for the numbers of flu cases, doctor’s visits and hospitalizations, CDC also estimates deaths in the United States using mathematical modeling. CDC estimates that from 2010-2011 to 2017-2018, influenza-associated deaths in the United States ranged from a low of 12,000 (during 2011-2012) to a high of 79,000 (during 2017-2018). The model used to estimate flu-associated deaths uses a ratio of deaths-to-hospitalizations in order to estimate the total flu-related deaths during a season. For more information: How CDC Estimates Burden.]
Translated it into a political tool to be used by Democrats against Republicans.
True Translated propaganda machine going up in smoke fake news bleeding a fast death.
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