On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 12:18:01 -0700, "Mark J."
wrote:
On 3/28/2020 10:09 AM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/28/2020 11:01 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
As usual, discussions here have devolved into childish name
calling by some, demeaning published facts and data, quick
political jabs, defensive changes of subjet, and "I know
better than anyone" allusions. Things get obscured.
So I'd like to get a direct answer, especially from Tom and
from Andrew.
Tom: Do you really think COVID-19 is no worse than an
ordinary seasonal flu?
Andrew: Do you really think COVID-19 is no worse than an
ordinary seasonal flu?
Of course, this is a discussion group. Others are very
welcome to give their opinion too.
BTW, our bike club now has its first member in intensive
care on a ventilator. I consider him a really good friend,
one of the guys who (almost) always came on my night rides.
He's much younger than me and has been a hell of a rider, a
daily commuter, fast and high mileage.
Up to here, yes. Death is not trivial to the fatality himself, but the
numbers haven't supported panic so far.
I will change my opinion when/if the numbers change [...]
Sadly, give it a week or two. Cases are roughly quadrupling each week
in the US [based on CDC reports]. Exponential growth doesn't catch the
public eye when the absolute numbers are low, but those low numbers
don't last long.
We are solidly on track to eclipse the "regular-flu" numbers.
Mark J.
but having known
people who died of pneumonia from influenza, my point was merely that
it's the same death (and an unpleasant one at that) to fewer people.
see also:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/images/about...nza-burden.png
If influenza were unknown until this year, people would freak out at
forty million infected and 50,000 Americans dead.
If you want to do something useful and patriotic, do something about the
even larger number of Americans who die annually by _hospital acquired
infection_.* That number is not getting smaller year over year- it's
growing.
As of this morning you lead the list in both total number of cases and
new cases with 120,529 total and 16,403 new. In fact your new cases
outnumbers the total cases of all but eight other countries in the
world.
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cheers,
John B.