Posted on 03/28/2020 8:44:39 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
There is room for different interpretations of the data
In announcing the most far-reaching restrictions on personal freedom in the history of Britain nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson resolutely followed the scientific advice that he had been given. The advisers to the UK government seem calm and collected, with a solid consensus among them. In the face of a new viral threat, with numbers of cases surging daily, Im not sure that any prime minister would have acted very differently.
But Id like to raise some perspectives that have hardly been aired in the past weeks, and which point to an interpretation of the figures rather different from that which the government is acting on. Im a recently-retired Professor of Pathology and National Health Service consultant pathologist, and have spent most of my adult life in healthcare and science fields which, all too often, are characterized by doubt rather than certainty. There is room for different interpretations of the current data. If some of these other interpretations are correct, or at least nearer to the truth, then conclusions about the actions required will change correspondingly.
The simplest way to judge whether we have an exceptionally lethal disease is to look at the death rates. Are more people dying than we would expect to die anyway in a given week or month? Statistically, we would expect about 51,000 to die in Britain this month. At the time of writing, 422 deaths are linked to COVID-19 so 0.8 percent of that expected total. On a global basis, wed expect 14 million to die over the first three months of the year. The worlds 18,944 coronavirus deaths represent 0.14 percent of that total. These figures might shoot up but they are, right now, lower than other infectious diseases that we live with (such as flu).
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The reason is the ComDems and the media are Lying every breath. And the frantic media is supporting the Big Lie.
The ComDems must lie, if they told the truth no one would ever elect them.
If it helps...
“It appears that this particular coronavirus likely started in bats.”
https://batonrougeclinic.com/the-coronavirus-what-we-know-right-now/
1/2 of 1% is 0.5%
Not 0.05%
Bump
ChiComs and Iran.
It’s just a wild guess on my part.
But the map for Type A, looks exactly like the map of the spread on china virus here in the USA:
It’s a long list, and not just state actors.
Possibly, but if they didnt, we just made it easier for them with our frigging national freakout.
“Its a long list, and not just state actors.”
Interesting.
Who or what?
I looked at the same analysis. Type A is where it goes.
I don’t think so.
OK, well we all think a lot of things. Care to put some rationale behind your “I don’t think so”?
Lastest Pennsylvania data, less than an hour old:
25254 tested
2751 tested positive (10.8%)
22 deaths (0.79% of those positive or 0.087% of those meeting testing criteria)
Remember, you have to be pretty darn symptomatic in order to get tested.
This is great. The article deals with all the questions I have about reporting of this virus. The supposed information seems too speculative and too easily adapted to political motives.
I’m type A+
It may be more susceptible than others, but I doubt that is the key. The key is other disease conditions, like autoimune diseases, cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Maybe doesn't kill you round one, but round 2, 3 or 4?
Or maybe makes you more less able to fight other infections in the future?
All things I don't want to find out the hard way.
“I looked at the same analysis. Type A is where it goes.”
Yeah. And it seems to stay away from Type B.
“It may be more susceptible than others, but I doubt that is the key. The key is other disease conditions, like autoimune diseases, cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure.”
Yes, those diseases are making it deadly.
I was just talking about catching it.
On the other hand, CDC failed by its own name, CDC official initially basically telling us to ignore virus in early WH press releases, the CDC also sending out defective testing kits.
I will admit that Asian countries have probably had much more experience with battling new viruses that USA has.
Abbott senior researcher on TV last night (Fri, 3-27-20) said that their COVID-19 te$ting kit is going to be out (shipping?) next week, which takes us into April, the test possibly taking only minutes, for results.
Minutes, Not Hours: Rapid Testing for Coronavirus (0:52 min.)
No, COVID-19 is not as deadly as flu imo, but at questionable $25,000 to $50,000 per ventilator, it can cost a heck of a lot more for full recovery.
Corrections, insights welcome.
Remember in November!
MAGA, also KAGA! (Keep America Great Always!)
Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping COVID-19 will effectively give fast-working Trump a third term in office imo.
Also don’t take ibuprofen, rumor has it that can make it deadly.
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