Posted on 03/24/2020 10:48:01 AM PDT by impimp
It’s just the flu, bro.
I read other threads here and the Fearpers are claiming millions of deaths. Trump seems to finally be talking about opening things up. Keeping things shut hurts poor families and puts them on welfare, which is what the Democrats want.
The number of deaths passed 10,000 on the 20th of March. So we are about meeting the "double every 4 to 5 days" estimates when we pass 20,000 later today. Those estimates that have been made for how fast it spreads for several weeks now. They appear to be correct - at least based on the death rate.
It will be interesting to see if the death total hits 40,000 by the 29th of March. (Is the exponential growth happening?) NOTE: These are worldwide numbers, not USA numbers.
Transitioning from the Worldwide to the USA, a good flubro needs to keep these flu statistics handy. Here I've but them in easy-to-clip table format for you.
The average estimated number of deaths from Flu in the USA over the last 9 years.
| 2010 | 37,000 |
| 2011 | 12,000 |
| 2012 | 43,000 |
| 2013 | 38,000 |
| 2014 | 51,000 |
| 2015 | 23,000 |
| 2016 | 38,000 |
| 2017 | 61,000 |
| 2018 | 34,000 |
| Total | 337,000 |
| Average | 37,444 |
| Highest | 61,000 |
| Lowest | 12,000 |
Also per CDC reports, Current Number of Deaths, USA: 544
Of course one thing everyone is hoping is that the poster child for this being an abnormal and horrible disease and not "just the flu, bro" is Italy. It was looking so good there for a minute. Two days of declining deaths. But, no more:
BREAKING: Italy's coronavirus death toll rises steeply again with 743 new fatalities
And yeah, a lot of the nightmare scenarios are coming true in Italy:
Italy: Army convoy carries coffins of coronavirus victims out of Bergamo for cremation
It would be nice if we could avoid this in the USA. It's one thing to have granny die, it's another to have the Army seize her body and cremate it.
Be sure to tell Carnation that it depends on who you ask. It's a pejorative for others just descriptive. The haters apply their own changing definitions as needed.
Trump did not allow governors to act as dictators. The governors govern their own states. That is why they are state governors. Maybe you like Bernie’s government philosophy better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWsot66NqZY
Anthony Brian Logan
Trump Spoke The ABSOLUTE TRUTH During Fox News Town Hall
OK if I’m taking the Trump cure for Corona, I’m only gonna buy it from PharmaBro!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-the-coronavirus-as-deadly-as-they-say-11585088464
Flubros and flubras...we will be proven right. I will post this article again tomorrow in day 7 thread.
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