Posted on 05/04/2020 9:01:38 PM PDT by Barnacle
Most of us have been in lockdown for about six weeks. The objective was to flatten the curve and reduce the total number of victims of COVID-19. Well, the curve has been flattened indeed, but how is it six-weeks later there are 25,375 new cases in a single day?
With all the laws and policies implemented to knock out this virus, I expected we’d be on the last leg of the downward curve by now. But, instead of a peak and decline, we’ve had three peaks and shallow valleys between them.
If people are staying at home, practicing social distancing, wearing masks in public, washing their hands and sanitizing everything in sight, how is it that COVID-19 continues to be transmitted from person to person?
A couple possibilities that occurred to me are that: 1) People flouting the laws, or 2) The virus is phenomenally virulent beyond anything ever seen before ( bio-weapon).
I was fully on board with the lockdown orders when they were issued. It was what we needed to do to beat this. However, we are at the point that the cure is becoming worse than the disease. In addition to what this virus has done to people directly, what about the collateral damage, such as long-term damage to our economy? For instance, consider the first two trillion dollar bail-out. Who pays for it? If you are among the approximate one-hundred-million US tax payers, you do. The federal government just signed your name to a $20,000 loan. Don’t think so? Do the math.
It would be particularly interesting to hear the stories of COVID-19 cases that you’ve heard of in the last couple weeks and theories of how they were exposed.
Should we just let this thing take an inevitable course, or should we double-down on lock-down?
Maybe it’s yet another “change in the way we count cases.”
More tests being done, plus other illnesses being counted as COVID19.
“If people are staying at home, practicing social distancing, wearing masks in public, washing their hands and sanitizing everything in sight, how is it that COVID-19 continues to be transmitted from person to person?”
None of those things is happening in my town, best I can tell.
Went for a drive today. Some businesses are still taking “social distancing” measures, and some had not reopened, but things seemed pretty normal.
And again, no update on the more important statistics: the number of hospitalizations and mortalities. Are these also spiking up or are these flattening and declining? The overall mortality rate will show that there is no justification for this power grab by totalitarians.
California restaurant defies statewide order, opens for dine-in service
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The point is they’re NOT, at least in America.
1. They’re not wearing masks. That’s the number one way to to stop spreading the virus.
2. They’re not social distancing.
3. They’re not refraining from gathering in groups.
So the numbers will just get bigger and bigger as the idiots infect themselves and others.
Your and Tom's points well taken. What I'd like to know is how new cases can be occurring after this duration of lock-downs.
If you quit feeding fuel to a fire, the fire goes out.
It appears that more covid testing is available so we know actually who has it.
However, I’ve been watching the new daily death count which has been declining. Why don’t the media and “experts” that??
The media has conditioned too many people to be afraid to go out until there is zero cases or until Bill Gates can inject them with the miracle preventer.
And again, no update on the more important statistics: the number of hospitalizations and mortalities.
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I can’t find any info on hospitalization numbers.
“When the State tells you it’s safe to go to Home Depot to buy a sponge but dangerous to go and buy a flower, it’s not about your health.
When the State shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off a single government employee, it’s not about your health.
When the State bans dentists because its unsafe, but deems an abortion visit is safe, it’s not about your health.
When the State prevents you from buying cucumber seeds because it’s dangerous, but allows personal lottery ticket sales, it’s not about your health.
When the State tells you it’s dangerous to go golf alone, fish alone or be in a motor boat alone, but the Governor can get his stage make-up done, and hair done for 5 TV appearances a week, it’s not about your health.
When the state puts you IN a jail cell for walking in a park with your child because it’s too dangerous but lets criminals OUT of jail cells for their health- It’s not about YOUR health!
When the state tells you it’s too dangerous to get treated by a doctor for chiropractic or physical therapy treatments yet deems a liquor store essential- It’s not about your health!
When the State lets you go to the grocery store or hardware store but is demanding mail-in voting, ITS NOT ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.
WAKE UP PEOPLE — If you think this is all about your health you’re mistaken! Please open your eyes! Stop being lead like blind sheep.”It's the Wuhan Scam
The WHO and CDC now recommend everyone wear a blindfold to protect from seeing what’s really going on
From your link...”data currently are lagged by an average of 1–2 weeks.”
If we are having 2000 deaths a day, and it’s lagged one week, that’s 14,000 deaths not counted. Two weeks would be 28,000 deaths.
That could account for the difference.
You forgot 3) lockdowns don’t work
We have no idea there are that many “new” cases, we are simply doing more and more testing. and the more people who have it the better, that means the sooner we will all have some protection. I hope I caught it at some point
You can choose to listen to the people who said Jeb Bush should be the GOP candidate in 2016 or realize you are being lied to.
The numbers say there are 1.1M infected people who have NOT recovered.
Where are they?
If they are home, how do they know they have NOT recovered.
If they are in the hospital, how come the hospitals are so empty.
Flattening the curve in no way is intended to reduce the number infected. Only to spread out the time of the infections. The virus still will run its course and as people interact there will be more infections.
The key is it is overwhelmingly non-fatal to otherwise healthy persons. Only elderly and already sick are at risk of death.
So if you are at high risk stay away from other people. If otherwise healthy get on with life.
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