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To: SeekAndFind

That is still 6 times more deadly than influenza.

Measles vaccinations are mandatory because of a 0.2% fatality rate.

Also, the number of people who are over age 60 or have underlying conditions is not trivial. 16% of people are over age 65 (I couldn’t find the percent over 60). Obesity is a comorbidity; something like 75% of people over age 25 are obese. Another comorbidity that increases the severity of Covid-19 is diabetes, which affects about 8.3% of the population. The thing is, there is a significant portion of the population who are in a high risk category.


13 posted on 05/03/2020 7:09:29 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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To: exDemMom
Measles vaccinations are mandatory because of a 0.2% fatality rate.

That's in children, which is why they used to have measles parties a couple of generations ago. In populations with no adult resistance, the fatality rate is much, much higher. So, we've exchanged immunity by childhood contraction for immunity by vaccination.

14 posted on 05/03/2020 7:17:54 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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They can stay at home and self isolate every other pandemic quarantine since the dawn of time. This is the first time everyone that is healthy has been locked down. The thugs and fools running our country locked down our entire country and cratered the economy. The entire civilization of the West has been locked down and things will never be the same.


17 posted on 05/03/2020 9:27:26 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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