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Do You Know the American Death Toll from Coronavirus?
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Posted on 03/12/2020 12:47:57 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: NELSON111

Where am I wrong? The post implies that 38 dead out of 46 cases will extrapolate out forever.


41 posted on 03/12/2020 1:29:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
AH! You did the math! Good.

Now the rest of the story...

The initial data from China showed similar sky high numbers.

It then dropped to much more reasonable numbers. That pattern repeated at several locations. I don't know why that happens, but I do know THAT it happens. Perhaps it's the more vulnerable have a quick outcome? Or maybe it's a fluke due to a thin data set? 46 completed cases in a country of 350,000,000? That's really not a statistically meaningful sample.

World wide, the deaths/completed cases has been hovering around 6%. That's high, but it's not so high as to be a civilization killer.

We'll get through this.

42 posted on 03/12/2020 1:29:49 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: Chgogal

On February 21, 2020 Italy suffered its first Coronavirus death.

As of March 11, 2020 there are 1,016 deaths.


The first death in America was February 20 in Washington state.

As of March 12 the total deaths in the U.S. is now 39. 28 of the deaths were from Washington state nursing homes.


43 posted on 03/12/2020 1:30:35 PM PDT by angry elephant (My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
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To: Kaslin
The Caravan of Coronavirus. Image result for illegals
44 posted on 03/12/2020 1:31:35 PM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Chgogal

That puts it all in perspective doesn’t it? Create an economic depression for the statistical noise of an upward limit of 5000 deaths.


45 posted on 03/12/2020 1:32:01 PM PDT by Codeflier (FearRepublic.com - keeping the media panic narrative going 24/7 to finally bring down Trump)
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To: Kaslin

BOMB the L4 labs. We can stop these weapons of mass destruction...also the networks amplifying these weapons of mass distraction. Beware the military, industrial, germ warfare, political, propaganda complexes.

I got the new thingy, EGADS - Egregious General Anxiety Disorder System. I traced it back to the networks.

Stop ALL COMMERCE. The BIG plus...we could eliminate the Dept. of Commerce, Dept. of Labor and Lizzy’s Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. Suspend CONGRE$$. PELOSI is a “super spreader” among others for BIG GOV. It’s the only thing that can save us. Problem: New...Dept. of Sticks and Stones...

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46 posted on 03/12/2020 1:32:30 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: InterceptPoint
Yes! Flatten the peak, and spread it out in time!


47 posted on 03/12/2020 1:32:59 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: null and void

You can’t even begin to get an accurate death rate until after you’ve done enough testing to have a reasonably accurate number of infected who did NOT die for the denominator.

We have not done anywhere remotely close to that much testing.

Denominator. I was a C math student but I stayed awake long enough to learn THAT much.

And my piehole is just fine thank you.


48 posted on 03/12/2020 1:33:24 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: JoSixChip

How many people dead WOULD make you think about it?


49 posted on 03/12/2020 1:33:38 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Codeflier
That puts it all in perspective doesn’t it? Create an economic depression for the statistical noise of an upward limit of 5000 deaths.

Someone on another thread mentioned that they bought some extra cell phones for supplies. I'm thinking to myself, if we're in a Depression, you're cell phone will probably not work because the carrier or MVNO is going to be out of business.

50 posted on 03/12/2020 1:34:15 PM PDT by Fury
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Yes. To be clear, for the overwhelming majority of people, the virus causes relatively mild symptoms— like the flu. No doubt many have had it, thought it was just a cold, paid it no mind, and got better. For the elderly and medically compromised, it is much more dangerous. That’s why the deaths in Washington were mostly nursing home residents.

It would be helpful to analyze the demographics of the bunch of deaths in Italy. Are they mostly old and sick? It could be moist are, just as most of the deaths here are.

51 posted on 03/12/2020 1:36:46 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered tha)
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To: null and void

Yes. Flatten it out and keep spreading the panic over more months. We already know when it will all be over - Wednesday, November 4th.


52 posted on 03/12/2020 1:38:12 PM PDT by Codeflier (FearRepublic.com - keeping the media panic narrative going 24/7 to finally bring down Trump)
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To: Prolixus
It’s a little late now but we need to close our borders and put ourselves in social isolation until the pandemic subsides.

Absolutely. We need to speed up and beef up the wall using the billions $ that was just passed. Prevention is the best defense! This should be done as quickly as possible. Hire more contractors and get it done. Then start building a concrete barrier like Israel has right behind the existing slatted fence.

53 posted on 03/12/2020 1:38:41 PM PDT by spudville
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To: Vermont Lt; JoSixChip

Ahh yes, the ‘one death is too many’ argument. So we see how the panic mongers cleverly start with “NUMBERS!!!” then switch to the argument from emotion when you debunk them.

BTW.... why are we always citing Italy? You know Germany had one of the first cases outside of Asia and they have had 3 deaths. Oh I know, 3 deaths are 3 too many. But why do we always cite Italy instead of Germany and Australia, and other countries? Because it doesn’t fit the panic narrative.


54 posted on 03/12/2020 1:43:57 PM PDT by Graing ("The power of wind, fire... all that kind of thing")
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To: Kaslin

So I got curious and did some Google searches and here are the results:

World wide bicycle deaths - 56,000 in 2016

World wide deaths due to falls - 646,000 in 2018

World wide influenza deaths - CDC annual estimate 291,000-646,000

World wide deaths due to mosquitoes - W.H.O. estimates over 1 million annually.

World wide Corona Virus deaths as of today - 5,822

Any illness should be treated with respect, but uninformed panic and hyperbole from the press does no one any good.


55 posted on 03/12/2020 1:46:21 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: proust

Why? Did he lie about the 38 deaths?


56 posted on 03/12/2020 1:46:24 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Prayers for Rush")
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To: griswold3

That looks like success to me.

I’m 81 and my wife is close, and we will be voting for President Trump for his handling of this issue.


57 posted on 03/12/2020 1:48:41 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((FearRepublic.com - keeping the media panic narrative going 24/7 to finally bring down Trump)!!!!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Right?! Those flippin out are chasing people off the site. There is only so much hysteria one can ingest.

Wondering the motive of some, seems doom and gloom float their boat


58 posted on 03/12/2020 1:49:13 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: proust
I wish I could be that self centered and selfish. Then I could relax and achieve total happiness.

If that's your definition of total happiness then I feel sorry for you....It must really suck living in such misery..........Sheesh!

59 posted on 03/12/2020 1:52:20 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I want an impeachment pen)
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To: NELSON111

Well.............show your work instead hiding behind a formula.

Otherwise shut up!

Better hurry because it’s nearly over. We are in the fourth quarter of Corona.


60 posted on 03/12/2020 1:52:58 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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