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originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: BlackOops
This has just started. Did anyone not see today's brief? Do people still think that this is "nothing"?
originally posted by: BlackOops
a reply to: infolurker
I think/know this is a big deal.. My question from the start and implied is the testing for both.
originally posted by: Edumakated
I found this data point.
CDC is estimating there have been 24,000 - 62,000 flu related deaths in US from October 1, 2019 - March 21, 2020.
CDC 2019 -2020 Flu Death Estimates
Let's say the truth is in the middle since the range is so wide. That is 43,000 deaths or 7,166 flu deaths PER MONTH.
I'm sorry folks, I don't recall the economy collapsing over the flu and we have damn near 7,200 people dying every month in US from flu.
Again, something don't smell right with this Covid data and the reactions to it.
This is why I want data in New York showing concurrent flu deaths over same period they are reporting the Covid deaths.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Edumakated
The CFR is a moving target. Literally an unknown while the number of unresolved cases remains high. The number of unresolved cases is high and continues to rise.
The CFR for COVID19 is unknown. The rising number of people being hospitalized is not.
But maybe those numbers will just stop. They'll just go away.
Some how this did not strain hospital resources.
originally posted by: Wildmanimal
a reply to: BlackOops
I really would like
to order 1/2 dozen
Italian Pepperoni Pizzas.
I am noticing that negative right now.
It will get worse before it
will get better.
But SAAVY This....
We Tally up the expense of this whole
Fiasco, and subtract the cost from
the International Debt to China!
Bingo!
logic is what Edumakated uses.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: SeektoUnderstand
logic is what Edumakated uses.
Incorrect.
Out in the West Texas town of El Paso,
I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
originally posted by: dogstar23
a reply to: Edumakated
One reason may be that flu hospitalization typically requires a few days and some fluids, while Covid-19 hospitalization requires weeks, ventilators in some cases, and isolation. 10,000 Covid hospitalizations may equal 70,000 influenza hospitalizations, in terms of room-days utilized.