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a friend points out an observation in an article on covid
Posted on: August 20, 2020 at 11:23:02 CT
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"If we had not been told that there was an epidemic in the country, you would not have known there was such an epidemic and you would not have done anything about it," [Prof. Udi Qimron] said emphatically. "The fact that this issue runs all day in the media inflates it beyond its natural dimensions. If black death had raged here, as in the 14th century, you would not have had to follow the situation in the news, the bodies would have piled up in the streets. We were not and we are not in this situation today."
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That is so true, especially in Missouri. We have seen fewer deaths from covid than many recent flu seasons (currently 1,414 covid deaths, approx. 35% fewer deaths than we have seen from flu/pneumonia from 2014-2018, average of 2,300 deaths per year with a high of 2,937 deaths in 2014-15) Yet most people reading this won't remember any panic or new regulations to protect us then. If we weren't berated every day with the news of how many new positive cases, how many new deaths (many of them from weeks or months ago), would we be doing some of the things we are doing? If it wasn't for the mistakes of NY and surrounding states would we be so afraid? Look around your community and tell me if you see (with your own eyes) an epidemic. I spoke to a woman on the phone from Phoenix the other day and she told me how scared she was to go out and how bad it remained in her area. As I was speaking to her I looked up the statistics and could see where there were significant reductions in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Yet, that's not what she was hearing. I read an article this morning talking about "toxic positivity" and how it (being positive) is a rising problem in America. I don't want to live in an America that isn't filled with people that are positive, that believe things are getting better, that believe that tomorrow will be better than today! It's time to look on the brighter side. The total number of coronavirus deaths does not exceed 0.1% of the total population in any country, and the death rate from coronavirus is less than 0.01% of the total world population, meaning that 99.99% of the world's population so far has survived the epidemic and the virus is negligibly lethal.
"If we had not been told that there was an epidemic in the country, you would not have known there was such an epidemic and you would not have done anything about it," [Prof. Udi Qimron] said emphatically. "The fact that this issue runs all day in the media inflates it beyond its natural dimensions. If black death had raged here, as in the 14th century, you would not have had to follow the situation in the news, the bodies would have piled up in the streets. We were not and we are not in this situation today."
And he goes on to say:
That is so true, especially in Missouri. We have seen fewer deaths from covid than many recent flu seasons (currently 1,414 covid deaths, approx. 35% fewer deaths than we have seen from flu/pneumonia from 2014-2018, average of 2,300 deaths per year with a high of 2,937 deaths in 2014-15) Yet most people reading this won't remember any panic or new regulations to protect us then. If we weren't berated every day with the news of how many new positive cases, how many new deaths (many of them from weeks or months ago), would we be doing some of the things we are doing? If it wasn't for the mistakes of NY and surrounding states would we be so afraid? Look around your community and tell me if you see (with your own eyes) an epidemic. I spoke to a woman on the phone from Phoenix the other day and she told me how scared she was to go out and how bad it remained in her area. As I was speaking to her I looked up the statistics and could see where there were significant reductions in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Yet, that's not what she was hearing. I read an article this morning talking about "toxic positivity" and how it (being positive) is a rising problem in America. I don't want to live in an America that isn't filled with people that are positive, that believe things are getting better, that believe that tomorrow will be better than today! It's time to look on the brighter side. The total number of coronavirus deaths does not exceed 0.1% of the total population in any country, and the death rate from coronavirus is less than 0.01% of the total world population, meaning that 99.99% of the world's population so far has survived the epidemic and the virus is negligibly lethal.
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a friend points out an observation in an article on covid - pickle MU - 8/20 11:23:02There's a big difference between correlation and causation.(nm) - TrumpToRushmore MU - 8/20 11:35:53