Posted on 04/21/2020 8:23:55 AM PDT by Kaslin
And the denominator of our math equation grows. No matter how hard we try, we just can’t seem to stop that immunity from growing!
Everyone, “shelter in place” has just been upgraded to “do not leave your house”. If that denominator gets much bigger, we will be forced to open things up. Then how will the totalitarians totalerate?
This shows two things:
1. The lockdowns aren’t preventing people from getting the disease, and
2. With such a high incidence, the virus is far less lethal than we were told.
So what is the point of continuing the shutdown?
I have seen articles that suggest over 1/2 of children in NYC were infected with this in Jan-Mar time frame. They would likely have been thought to have a cold, sniffles, or simple flu. Only antibody testing of a broad swath of that population will let us have any idea of the real numbers. (Of fatality divided by infections).
I hope it’s true, I just wish the studies showing it to be true were not so riddled with errors.
“Covid19 is at least 10 times deadlier than the flu, you can distort the numbers however you want, you can believe whatever you want, but no one can make a plausible argument that Covid19 isn’t 10 times deadlier than the seasonal flu, no matter how hard they try.”
Current forecast is for 60,000 Covid-19 deaths. In September 2018, the CDC estimated the 2017-2018 flue killed 80,000, later revised to 61,000. Now tell me again exactly how Covid-19 is 10x deadlier than the 2017/18 flu?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/health/flu-deaths-2017—2018-cdc-bn/index.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932018_United_States_flu_season
“So what is the point of continuing the shutdown?”
1. To save face.
2. Government inertia. A giant government structured system (even with forced compliance) will perpetuate itself without significant intervention. Especially if Federal, State, and Local governments are in agreement and gain more power.
3. Our enemies are fighting hard to prevent reopening, before a 2nd Great Depression is a done deal. Which will be in weeks, not months. Socialism is a bonus.
4. Orange Man Bad.
5. All of the above.
“... I just wish the studies showing it to be true were not so riddled with errors.”
There are now 3 US studies roughly saying the same thing. And overseas studies already out. And don’t forget the Diamond Princess. Notice they won’t talk about that! Also, don’t take some rando freeper’s word about the accuracy on, well, anything. Time will tell. Days, not weeks.
I believe the studies, myself. Then again I look at the latest Covid-19 death forecast of 60,000, and say, “So what? Same as the 2017/2018 flu!”
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