Posted on 05/04/2020 5:16:25 AM PDT by impimp
It’s just the flu, bro.
Some people are still saying that the Wuhan Flu isn’t just the flu. It is just the flu, bro. Normally the flu causes 10s of thousands of deaths each winter. Now some Fear-mongers are saying that historically the flu deaths have been exaggerated by the CDC, which therefore makes the 60k (exaggerated, but nonetheless) of Wuhan deaths much worse than the flu. The reality is that there has always been a seasonality to deaths with over a 100k of people in the USA dying in the winter versus the summer (about 10%-15% more deaths in the winter than the summer). A large part of that is due to the flu. The excess deaths (deaths beyond the historical average) we see over the past few weeks represent a small fraction of the 100k of excess deaths that we see in the winter. Based on excess deaths one could say that this is not worse than any flu and perhaps much less than the flu.
Although it is helpful and true to equate CV with the flu or minimize it with respect to the flu, I fear that in the future that we will have created a bad litmus test. Future lawmakers will see models for future pandemics that will say that some virus is going to be much worse than the flu so NOW we can reimpose draconian lockdowns and strip our freedoms from us. Some of these politicians may concede that maybe it was too strict with the Wuhan Flu but this time it would be really justified.
Not sure how many Flubros agree with this because this is beyond the scope of the criteria to be a Flubro or Flubra but...I don’t want some far in the future virus outbreak, that might actually be worse than the flu, to ever be used to justify a lockdown of healthy free citizens. I mean even with a really bad hypothetical virus (one that, unlike CV, might actually kill little children) - the policy should never be to strip away our freedoms and force healthy people to be locked down. This notion that locking down healthy people is an acceptable public policy needs to be permanently killed.
Thanks!
——Hundreds of Boats Gather for Parade Supporting Trump Near Mar-a-Lago-——
There were hundreds of boats, would have been more but the ramps were BUSY as they just opened.
“...But they don’t get waived under our noses by the press 24/7....”
They WOULD if they thought it would help remove Trump.
That’s the ONLY reason for the inflated death reports.
Florida man stalks beach as Grim Reaper to protest reopening amid pandemic
In fairness, the Grim Reaper in question was actually Daniel Uhlfelder, a lawyer and campaigner for public beach access who put on a cowl and wielded a scythe in an attempt to alert Floridians to the dangers of reopening their economy too soon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/02/florida-grim-reaper-beach-video-coronavirus
BTW,I stole one of your MEMEs :)
(excerpt tweet w/video)
This is what an officer of the law is sworn to - men in blue Never forget this... the People are peaceful and protesting against tyranny - remember your oath...
California Police STAND DOWN After Marine Vet Challenges Their Integrity
54,086 views •May 3, 2020
https://youtu.be/DTqipTcwxyA
A hero of freebro nation!
... to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. Seems we’re seeing a lot of domestic enemies of late.
The Constitution IS the law.
Great video - glad you posted it!
“I tried to tell this fellow (I think in vain) that it’s useless to try and use personal anecdotes in a statistical argument.
Well-respected book, How to Lie with Statistics:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728
I’ve been hearing this too. IMO the State should be contacting employers and see if a person has a job they won’t return to - if so, they’re not unemployed and shouldn’t get a check.
These people will be the death of our economy, where do they think the money is coming from? ...very short sighted and when the checks stop there won’t be any jobs to return to.
I think the public would be pleasantly surprised how many LEOs feel this way.
But I was really enjoying binge watching “Lonesome Dove.” Work is for suckas.
As near as I can tell, there are three groups of people who fall in line with the draconian measures being applied by government:
Hypochondriacs and general nervous nellies.
Generally well-meaning people who think following these guidelines will help.
Power hungry leftists who see an opportunity to damage the President.
All three are a threat to freedom and liberty, particularly the 2nd group. We know the leftists will act this way, but it's everyday Americans who are so willing to quickly give up rights that should be disconcerting.
Thanks. I really like your current tagline.
My wife and I joke about sheltering and cowering in place.
Please use anything that I post. I probably “borrowed” it and morphed it into what I’m posting.
Latest narrative shift from the Anti-American swamp (and their useful idiots in the msm and right here) is you can’t compare flu deaths to covid because they are overcounting flu deaths. “Apples and oranges!” is the new phrase to use.
It is, of course, complete garbage designed to prevent folks from realizing how idiotic this whole response has been.
Here to debunk it (see pp 7-9 esp):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504370/#!po=16.3462
“we will have created a bad litmus test. Future lawmakers will see models for future pandemics that will say that some virus is going to be much worse than the flu so NOW we can reimpose draconian lockdowns and strip our freedoms from us.”
That’s exactly what will happen. They know that people, even so-called conservatives, will forfeit their liberties in a heartbeat, without question, if faced with the possibility of an invisible boogeyman. They know this, because this WuFlu social experiment was a success for them.
“Sounds like he lost someone in that big Vets home outbreak in Massachusetts. Very sorry for his loss but we can’t run the country based on that.”
Agree. I would sacrifice my health/life if it meant that my young nieces and nephews would grow up in liberty. Losses are terrible — they’re “losses” — but the future of next generations is most important.
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