[Hojczyk]

[Diogenesis]

Inquiring minds demand to know:

why did Italy withhold the cure (QC and OHQC), when
informed on Feb 2 it was curative, until a day ago?

why did little Fauci-Clinton ignore the published
data to make the ELECTED PRESIDENT look bad?

[Biggirl]

USA trying to stay on top of it.

[marktwain]

But policymakers need to consider the possibility that the damage done by the extreme measures being taken to slow the spread of the virus will ultimately prove to be greater than the harm done by the virus itself.

Exactly. And most of this damage can be placed squarely on the doorstep of the legacy media in their attempt to get rid of President Trump.

[wildcard_redneck]

Predators always panic the herd so that they can attack, kill, and eat the weak.

[bitt]

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents).....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2020

....be put in use IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ARE DYING, MOVE FAST, and GOD BLESS EVERYONE! @US_FDA @SteveFDA @CDCgov @DHSgov— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2020

[Savage Beast]

Thank you, President Trump!

[DennisR]

“But let’s assume the U.S. ultimately sees a mortality rate of 100 per million.”

Based on just this one sentence, this entire article should be ignored.

[bert]

nothing

The numbers are so small in proportion to the total world population they are meaningless.

The numbers are media fodder

[DannyTN]

Using a population death rate for something that his only started spreading 2 months ago is stupid. Yeah, it looks low because it isn’t wide spread yet.

[mulligan]

To not want people to die of this virus is commendable, but at what cost? The loss of most of our economy? Or what?

[Gay State Conservative]

The only figures worth considering will only come *after* this thing dies down. Regrading fatalities they would be:

Country where death occurred
Age at death
Pre-existing conditions in the deceased (heart/lungs/immune system)

Italy is very hard hit a) because they're a major trading partner of China b) because Italy has had a birth rate close to zero for several decades and c) Italy has just about the worst health care system in the industrialized world.

[JeanLM]

” But policymakers need to consider the possibility that the damage done by the extreme measures being taken to slow the spread of the virus will ultimately prove to be greater than the harm done by the virus itself.” This is absolutely true.

I think a valid view is we do nothing to imperil the long term health of the economy. Hippocratic rule #1: Do No Harm.

Shutting everything down is like aggressive Chemo or blood letting.