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To: Bayard

The death toll is over 90,000 after 3.5 months. The average death rate of the annual flu is around 40,000.

Is 90,000 larger than 40,000?

I am not saying the world should shut down for CV, but dude...learn your greater than, less than computations.

Bush league statisticians are amazing.


12 posted on 05/21/2020 12:43:14 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Annual flu and Seasonal flu are not words that connote the same meanings.

All flu is seasonal, so its runtime is not the same over a whole year. It flairs up in the colder indoor weather. So...dude, learn that these statistics and what terms being used are not the same.

Does Covid 19 have the same seasonal profile of the flu? That is a great question and one with big ramifications.


14 posted on 05/21/2020 1:48:06 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: Vermont Lt

“The death toll is over 90,000 after 3.5 months. The average death rate of the annual flu is around 40,000.”
I am grateful that you are posting accurate numbers. We can’t shut down the economy, or even 10% of it, for more than a few months. Covid may be less dead than the Spanish flu, but getting good information on something that happened 100 years ago is difficult. The caution and shutdowns were warranted, but we are learning how to minimize the number of infections. The young and healthy should be working, taking risks but also taking precautions. Anyone high risk should be getting out of the way.


15 posted on 05/21/2020 5:05:00 PM PDT by brookwood (Obama said you could keep your plan - Sanders says higher taxes will improve the weather)
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