Posted on 02/25/2020 10:49:58 AM PST by DouglasKC
I love Rush but he has stated several time today that the death rate of Corona virus is LESS than the death rate of influenza. This is just flat out wrong.
From the CDC website
Mortality rate of influenza: Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.
So the CDC says that for every 100,000 people that get the flu, 2 of them will die from it. What is the mortality rate percentage?:
2 (the number of deaths) divided by 100,000 = .00002, or .002%.
The estimated mortality rate of corona (which he is basing on the number out of China = 2-3%.
Death rate of flu= .002%
Death rate of Corona = 2%
The death rate of corona is a THOUSAND times greater than the flu...and that's assuming that we used Chinese numbers. Using IRAN number the death rate is 15%...
Rush MIGHT be referring to the fact that the flu can kill up to 80,000 americans in a year. But that's only because there's a LOT more people infected with various flu viruses. When as many people are infected by the corona virus then there would be an accurate comparison.
Well of course they’re lying, they are Sandernistas.....
Not to mention NK
He said it yesterday, too! I was flabbergasted. I sent a tweet today pasting text of official world rate of 0.883% (US rate is much less) but will probably be ignored.
The outbreaks in Iran and India and Italy debunk the claim this only affects Asians.
Asians just happen to live near Wuhan.
You have this corona virus on one side and deaths from all other diseases on the other. Which one is the world all caught up about?
Rush is just doing what he always does, play the optimist. I admire him for that, but the reality is the virus is more serious than he’s suggesting.
Well, the WHO and CDC, despite their best efforts, have failed to lower the death rate world wide from 100%.
World rate including every hellhole is LESS than 1%. How can Rush sit there and speak untruths?
Also, the survival rate in China doesn’t reflect the world rate or the euro-American survival rates. This is all still developing.
Also, the survival rate in China doesn’t reflect the world rate or the euro-American survival rates. This is all still developing.
Can’t believe what comes out of China and also Iran on this.
I think where he may be confused is total deaths. The flu has killed many more in pure numbers than Corona Virus, but in terms of percentage who have each Corona Virus is worse
It’s a simple concept, really, but so many seem to struggle with it.
The flu is endemic throughout the world. Roughly the same number of cases occur from year to year with roughly the same results. Some years are worse than others. We know what to expect, more or less.
The Wuhanic Plague is NOT endemic throughout the world. So far it has affected a limited number of people in a limited geography, and elsewhere it is still (apparently) contained.
The idea is to keep it from becoming endemic throughout the world.
If Rush were to compare the figures for both the flu and the Wuhanic Plague in an area where both are endemic, say in Wuhan itself (like we’ll ever get real numbers from the Chinese, LOL), he might adopt a different outlook.
Let me know if they die.
Rush may be right or wrong, like everyone who is making claims now.
No one knows what the eff they are talking about because no one knows the real numbers.
Which means the best to start getting a handle is to watch the stats from countries whose numbers can be trusted.
Whoever those countries are...
One thing to remember: Chinese death rates probably aren’t a good predictor of death rates elsewhere.
Actually we have a double set of lies.
The Chinese and Iranians release their lies, then our media adds their lies on top of that.
Can’t believe any of it.
Ping!
Also...we don’t know what the number of infections vs mortality in China really is. It could be way higher. I think WHO needs to throw China’s stats out (as far as calculating rate) and just go with countries that report accurately and responded from the get go.
Rhinovirus [a cold virus] Kills 4500 people annually in the US.
Depressing the economy and markets by panicking people for the benefit of Chuck Schumer will possibly cost us our freedom.
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