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To: Bladerunner

It isn’t even close to ending. New case growth is higher than ever before and is trending upward. Almost 138 thousand have died from Covid-19 in the US alone, with 3.5 million illnesses.

Compare this to influenza, where CDC preliminary numbers for the US show that up to 56 million people had influenza this year, resulting in up to 26 million doctor visits and up to 62 thousand deaths. This means 16 times as many caught the flu, with fewer than half as many deaths. Or, put another way, you are 35 times more likely to die if you catch Covid-19 than if you catch influenza.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm

New research is showing that some people who are sick with Covid-19 do not produce antibodies at all, and that among people who do produce antibodies, most lose those antibodies by 90 days after onset of illness. So it looks like there is no long-term immunity from Covid-19. Just as with ordinary common cold viruses, you’ll be able to catch Covid-19 again (and again) even after you have already recovered.

There is still a lot unknown about Covid-19, but all of the data so far indicates that it truly is and remains a serious threat. So, unless people start taking it seriously and working together to stop its transmission, we’re in for social distancing and face masks for the long haul. This isn’t what I want—I want the virus gone ASAP—but it looks like those who want to dismiss the virus as a big hoax are getting their way and helping the virus to become endemic.


28 posted on 07/16/2020 6:13:31 AM 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

It amazes me how you claim expertise and then offer opinion wrapped in the false valor of tyranny. Your analysis has been shown to be off (and that kind) so while you are welcome to double down on it, it does not nske toj any more correct.


38 posted on 07/16/2020 6:58:39 AM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America: INCLUDING THEIR LIBERTIES)
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