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originally posted by: RadioRobert
ETA after your edit: Roberts tells him "you can take off your mask" and then tells him about the LA tests which would lower the mortality rate. He replies "that's reassuring... Everybody here's been vaccinated anyway, though" and then Roberts talks about the USC study I linked. They aren't talking about the flu, but those new numbers suggest it's barely more dangerous (compared to the early "10-40 times as deadly as the flu!" claims) .
originally posted by: RadioRobert
a reply to: McGinty
It's not a safety question as much as efficacy.
So efficacy isn’t safety?
originally posted by: RadioRobert
Reporter is told he can go ahead and take off his mask because of the LA serology study indicates the mortality rate is low. He responds, " that's reassuring... Everybody here's been vaccinated anyway, though"
Not real surprising that people with close access to POTUS have received a vaccination, even if it's experimental. Bet they wish that didn't drop though because the optics of a "special class" of government officials and media are terrible. Several vaccines are being tested. I imagine they all had to get one.
Study referenced here:
LISTING OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRESS RELEASES
LAcounty.Gov
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Los Angeles (April 20, 2020) - USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study that suggests infections from the new coronavirus are far more widespread - and the fatality rate much lower - in L.A. County than previously thought.
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Based on results of the first round of testing, the research team estimates that approximately 4.1% of the county's adult population has antibody to the virus. Adjusting this estimate for statistical margin of error implies about 2.8% to 5.6% of the county's adult population has antibody to the virus- which translates to approximately 221,000 to 442,000 adults in the county who have had the infection. That estimate is 28 to 55 times higher than the 7,994 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the county by the time of the study in early April. The number of COVID-related deaths in the county has now surpassed 600
Using the smaller derived number gives us a 0.27% mortality rate in LA. Using the larger number gives us a 0.135% mortality rate.
Using the current confirmed cases number gives us 7.5% mortality rate in LA.
Not perfect, because there's a lot of wiggle room, but every antibody test is showing we're catching a vast minority of cases. Which means the denominator is much higher and the mortality rate is much lower.
This is happening everywhere they do serology samples for antibodies. The case numbers skyrocket and the mortality rate correspondingly plummets.
Didn't catch any of that on the evening news, didya? You'd think experimental vaccines for the media and a low, low death rate would be "news".
originally posted by: musicismagic
Sorry, but it is not a Hoax.
How about listening to the news, they quote so much evidence that does not even apply to what they are using it for. They make facts out of thin air.
originally posted by: spacedoubt
I hear people say stupid crap like that all the time.
Speaking in “facts” that are really just made up.
Listen to a press conference, for examples.
originally posted by: ManFromEurope
a reply to: drussell41
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originally posted by: musicismagic
Sorry, but it is not a Hoax.
The Diamond Princess proves it and all the other ships too.
Such bs against the President.
I guess there truly is a lot of hate toward the President.