Posted on 03/08/2020 6:00:55 PM PDT by narses
With coronavirus death toll in the U.S. rising to 19, people are becoming increasing afraid of contracting the disease. To date, there are 3,803 reported deaths with 109,835 confirmed cases worldwide. Also a total of 60,694 people have recovered from the virus. As the fear of coronavirus continues to spread, there are a growing number of reports of empty shop shelves as people rush to stock up on basic products such as hand soap, sanitizers, tissue papers, and many more. It got so bad that some stores are now limiting purchases of these products, more due to coronavirus fears.
The fears stem from the misleading information coming from mainstream media about the trend of the virus. The media shows the number of fatalities continuously increasing, on a time-based graph. The problem with this is that, the media only uses a cumulative graph to illustrate coronavirus deaths. However, if you look deeper at the raw data provided by John Hopkins on GITHUB, the number of global deaths per day are decreasing worldwide.
Hats off to Evan at TradeGuru, who first noticed the discrepancy in media’s cumulative statistics and created a more accurate chart. According to Evan’s analysis using the raw data provided by John Hopkins University, “the virus is decreasing in hotspots such as South Korea, China and Hong Kong (the first to deal with the novel virus). The press tells us it’s an outbreak, or a pandemic on the precipice. Both situations would suggest exponential growth. The actual data doesn’t suggest exponential growth of fatalities at all. The data suggests decline. In fact, the crude death rate is statistically 0.”
Also, it’s now being estimated that 80% of individuals that contract the coronavirus are asymptomatic or midly-symptomatic. And in this viral video, Rebecca Fraiser says she “never really felt unwell” after contracting the virus, and it “sounds like it is the case for the majority of people.”
Since when is fear a bad thing?
Fear is not synonymous with preparation.
Panic is not synonymous with preparation and planning
I wish covid-19 underestimators would stop using exaggerated language such as panic when trying to censor people who are just interested in preparing and planning.
You may want to stock up on these. I suspect a shortage soon with all the paranoia about.
100 1/2” inch Diameter Carbon Steel Bearing
My bad, they want me to register, no thanks. The links I posted work well for me. I appreciate the thought.
Italy is an aging, socialist country with filthy public spaces and socialized medicine. They smoke like chimneys too!
Unreasoned fear and panic are bad.
You really need to get a grip, dude.
I didn’t register either....
However, Singapore which has hot, humid weather year around still has a number of cases.
Fear is not a bad thing.
It has kept the human species alive for thousands of years.
They required me too, no thanks. But again I appreciate the data.
The way to stop the virus is what China and others have done, regional lockdowns for at least 2 weeks, preferably longer (4 to 6 weeks). After a few incubation periods pass, we can help those who get it. Otherwise, our health system will be overwhelmed.
You could either look at the Chinese numbers for no good reason or you can look at the So. Korean numbers to try to figure out what's really going on.
Your choice.
Panic based on fake news kills. Fear is a basic part of our nature, those who manipulate with fear are either stupid or evil.
No one goes to ICU? That's good, when my dad was in the ICU a nurse told me about half the typical ICU patients didn't survive. You have to be pretty sick to be in the ICU in the first place...
“The best estimates now of the overall mortality rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.1% and 1%,” Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at HHS, says. “That’s lower than you heard probably in many reports ... it’s not likely in the range of 2 to 3%”
I love the oversensitivity of society today.
Conservative snowflakes now can’t stand the idea of “panic” and “fear”.
Tell you what - if you’re not prepared to be quarantined in your house for 2-4 weeks, or more - YOU BETTER BE FEARFUL. Cuz I’m not bringing you any food or TP.
EXCELLENT graphic!
Hmmm. I suppose that depends on how one defines “exponentially.”
lol
“Death tolls falls 6 after several of the dead came back to life. It seems they like eating human flesh”
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