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But is it really no worse than flu?
Watts Up With That ^ | 9 Apr 2020 | Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

Posted on 04/09/2020 6:36:42 AM PDT by Politically Correct

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1 posted on 04/09/2020 6:36:42 AM PDT by Politically Correct
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To: Politically Correct

Looks to be more contagious but less lethal than the typical yearly flu from what I can see.


2 posted on 04/09/2020 6:39:49 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Politically Correct

Thanks for the information.


3 posted on 04/09/2020 6:40:50 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Politically Correct

I don’t care how many test positive. That is only a reflection of how many are being tested. The ONLY figures I even care about are the death figures.


4 posted on 04/09/2020 6:42:27 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Still Thinking

“Looks to be more contagious but less lethal than the typical yearly flu from what I can see.”

My Life. My Business.

The business of America is business.
Get Back To Work!


5 posted on 04/09/2020 6:42:41 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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Prior to the release of a safe and effective vaccine, serology testing to detect antibodies and a PCR test to determine if an infected individual still harbors active virus and is still a danger to others, isolation is still the only real safeguard. However if a given individual has antibodies and a negative PCR test, then that individual is immune, infection free and can freely go about their business. Hopefully these tests will be available soon to all.


6 posted on 04/09/2020 6:45:38 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: cuban leaf
The ONLY figures I care about are the death figures.

I would encourage you to pay attention to the people infected, as well. The deaths and those infected form the mortality rate, and we're finding that rate is much, much lower than was originally projected. With such a low rate, we have to ask, "why is everything shut down?"

7 posted on 04/09/2020 6:45:54 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Macoozie

“””””My Life. My Business.”””””””””””””

I don’t want you to infect me or my family. This is not the flu, “bro”.


8 posted on 04/09/2020 6:46:32 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: cuban leaf

The ONLY figures I even care about are the death figures.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

They are worthless unless they break down ALL the deaths and quit counting ‘may have had symptoms’ (THEY do tend to go to the extreme to be ‘safe’)

Like it has been said may be linked to beerflu is NOT the same as due to the beerflu.

And definitely have to really search for the data of how many die on a ‘normal’ day.

Have to use common sense and

FOLLOW THE MONEY


9 posted on 04/09/2020 6:47:30 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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If the economy sinks deep enough into the gutter, then it will turn COVID-19 into child’s play.


10 posted on 04/09/2020 6:50:40 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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The ONLY figures I even care about are the death figures.

And *those* seem to be faked more and more these days.

11 posted on 04/09/2020 6:50:44 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: shelterguy

Then stay home.


12 posted on 04/09/2020 6:55:23 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Still Thinking
Looks to be more contagious but less lethal than the typical yearly flu from what I can see.

From the article:
Thus, the Chinese virus is six times more fatal than pre-existing viral pneumonias, including those caused by flu.

13 posted on 04/09/2020 6:55:29 AM PDT by Politically Correct
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Also, you really wonder why California experienced an unusual cold/flu season this year with a LOT of people in December 2019/January 2020 getting stronger than normal bouts of common cold and influenza. Is it possible COVID-19 went through California (which has a lot of flights to and from China due to huge expatriate Chinese populations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles metro areas) and doctors at the time couldn't identify why? Does the phrase herd immunity apply here?

In short, the doctors and especially epidemiologists need to stop missing this in their pronouncements: 🎯

p.s. Now I wonder if that strange three-day cold I experienced in mid-December 2019 was a very mild case of COVID-19.... 🤔🤧😷

14 posted on 04/09/2020 6:55:39 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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So, will we end up at a point where the cost benefit ratio makes the stay home edicts/shutdown untenable? Will some folks develop a natural immunity and will it become one of those things we have to deal with seasonally?


15 posted on 04/09/2020 6:55:45 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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And there in lies the problem. Highly infectious, everybody gets sick at once, some have a tough time at home, other overwhelm your healthcare system, increasing fatality rate, and that is bad optics here in plentiful, entitled USA.


16 posted on 04/09/2020 6:56:01 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake (Remeber)
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Agreed. I’ll be intrigued to see how the Swedish approach works. I think this whole thing has been vastly overblown and very suspicious from a tyranny standpoint.


17 posted on 04/09/2020 6:56:02 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Jimmy The Snake

On top of that, politicians that are ready to pounce on anything that goes wrong.


18 posted on 04/09/2020 6:57:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lou L

We are in complete agreement except we don’t know how many people are infected. We only know how many people have been tested and found to test positive. That’s pretty worthless information. If I test 100 people in a state of 1 million, and all of them have teeth, that doesn’t mean 100 people have teeth. It means 100 people have been tested.


19 posted on 04/09/2020 6:57:42 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: RayChuang88

There’s a study underway to answer that very question. They drew blood on more than a thousand Californians in order to see. Answers in a couple of weeks.


20 posted on 04/09/2020 7:00:18 AM PDT by Politically Correct
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