Numbers don’t line up: Case for panicking over coronavirus is falling apart

LifeSiteNews/Remnant ^ | April 8, 2020 | Christopher Ferrara

[abigkahuna]

So, what...it still doesn’t change the fact that I lost 50K the month of March and April is cancelled. But, hey, thanks for the information....

[Kalija]

C2 is beta 19 is QA. Testing looks good 20 should be ok for release to production just a few bugs to work out on deployment issues.

[DoodleBob]

I've read him for years. His general sentiments are usually spot-on, and his underlying premise in most of his pieces on the Church and Truth are correct.

But his omnipresent arrogance is simply too much. The best description I ever read of him was the self-appointed Pope.

I may be willing to grant him a slip or two as you hint. In this piece, however, his flip and sloppy writing and factual inaccuracies are many and they wreck his credibility. I can totally get behind a debate on the pros and cons of snuffing out a yuge portion of the economy to eradicate a virus. But this article doesn't advance that discourse.

[DoodleBob]

I've done the very analysis you suggest. Spain is a disaster.

[sbnsd]

bkmk

[Buckeye McFrog]

Lots of FReepers were jumping all over me for refusing to accept that Italy’s 13,000 deaths in a country of 60 million equated to 2.2 million here.

[Cronos]

There is a Taoist story:

The Emperor called his physician and wanted to reward him as the greatest physician in all the empire.

he said “I am the youngest of three brothers and the least effective doctor. My middle brother only visits the person once, writes a prescription and the person is well, my oldest brother doesn’t leave the house, just identifies preventive measures and no one knows his name”

The point is - the numbers are lower BECAUSE we implemented preventive measures

We can see it by comparing Denmark and Sweden - Denmark has 5 million people in a far more compressed area. Sweden has 10 million people - out of which about 5 million are in the concentrated area in the south - the Oresund region.

Denmark implemented strict quarantine and social distancing and closing down restaurants etc. Sweden did not.

Today, 9th April,
Denmark has 5402 cases and 218 deaths
Sweden has 8419 cases and 687 deaths

Sweden has three times more deaths.

I think this does show that social distancing and harsh measures has worked in preventing more deaths.

[ronnie raygun]

I’m sure DJT and team know the how and why, we can only guess its ugly and despicable. When the smoke clears we will get a better idea of what really went on and we will be vindicated.

[gogeo]

I honestly fear for the survival of FreeRepublic ... because a lot of the so-called “champions of freedom and liberty” here have turned out to be nanny-state frauds.

I was convinced that Monicagate would drive BJC from office, because the public would demand it. "The public" really dropped in my estimation as a result.

As you noted, this crisis has the same result.

[gogeo]

concur, the entire Chicom virus thing seems to have been embellished, and blown out of proportion, mainly by the Democrats and their panic peddlers in the media.

They really don't have a problem with it. This is the world they envision, the government micromanaging every part of our lives.

[gogeo]

The moral? Don’t leave your lunch on the counter if you work in a biomedical lab.

[gogeo]

think this does show that social distancing and harsh measures has worked in preventing more deaths.

How many?

[Cronos]

With social distancing and quarantines and closing down restaurants etc., Denmark has 1/3rd the number of deaths as Sweden — that’s ~66.66% less

[gogeo]

That’s not even the shallowest of analysis.

[central_va]

Trump needs to step in and be the adult in the room. Do it today sir.

[central_va]

because a lot of the so-called “champions of freedom and liberty”

That's big talk coming from a globalist....

[central_va]

Possible. And I would not be surprised one bit if this corona virus was a plan concocted by the Communist Chinese, the criminal deep state and or the globalist. They've been trying to eliminate, compromise, undermine and overthrow Trump for 4 years. Trump the outsider, made good on his promises and built a super powered economy. And just when Trump ditches these anti-American trade policies where China was economically gang banging the U.S. for decades, they now stand to lose trillions. And within months, suddenly here comes the Chicom virus, leaving the U.S. economy all but dead on the floor? Coincidence?

Does anyone here thing the Communist Chinese, criminal deep state and or the globalist are too ethical or honorable to pull this off in an effort to destroy the outsider Trump in November?

Do these groups give two-sh*ts about killing a couple million in China? Do they give a rip about killing people in Italy or the U.S.? And what happens in about 8 months? Arguably, the biggest most important critical election in U.S. history.

From my perspective, this epic coincidence reeks like a 3 day old homicide scene.

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Great post, these are the questions the MSM will never ask BECAUSE THEY ARE IN ON IT.

[central_va]

Coronagate could have never happened without the huge cadre of Covidiots™.

[trebb]

Yep - a number of us railed against the "overzealous panic" and were shouted down by those who called for more panic and more drastic measure...

I had bad dreams last night - probably triggered by the look on "Scarf Lady's" face as, (during the Task Force Briefing), she looked at the camera and told us this was a tribute to what could be accomplished through behavior modification...

You can be that a lot of would-be tyrants and despots are taking notes...God help us if the dems gain power...