yea, like the the motorcycle rider in Florida who was killed in an accident but it was later found out his death was listed as covid-19, and like the two nurses in Texas hospitals who said theirI'd be curious to know how many of those are 'actual' deaths directly due to the virus. Stories abound about numbers being inflated for various reasons...
We'll probably never know..
Why is everyone only concerned about death rates and fatality %? Not represented in those numbers are people who become infected and have a rough time with it, worse than the flu, even if it doesn’t warrant going to the hospital. We sometimes act like there should be no cause for alarm because the death rate is so low. Well that’s great, but there are a lot of people who contract this virus and have multiple symptoms and lingering effects but are only counted as a “case”. My wife is one of them - and she’s a otherwise healthy 44 former Razorback Pom squad member.
I ordered some medical supplies a couple of weeks ago from a company in Massachusetts and it was shipped by USPS. The package made two trips to Anchorage Alaska and back to Massachusetts before someone in the post office finally figured out the correct direction for the state of Tennessee was due south. When I got the package My first reaction was to inspect the package to see if there was any possible signage that said Republican ballot. We did have an election that week.
Shhhhh wanting to make sure we protect the vulnerable and allowing the rest live their life the way they want to live it is a BIG NO NO.in 2009-2010 we had 60.8 million people diagnosed with the flu, no shut down. Protect the vulnerable and let life go on for the rest. And notice I said protect the vulnerable.
And many of those involved poor decisions by individuals on the use of alcohol and recreational drugs. Many of the deaths from Covid-19 could have also be connected to failure of individuals ignoring activities/recommendations of the scientific and medical experts. The same is true for the majority of the deaths associated with influenza where vaccines are available and only about 50% of the high risk population refuse to take the vaccine. Lets face the facts; many people are not very smart when they do not realize that they are the reason they have premature deaths from the own stupid decisions. The same is true from premature deaths from obesity and tobacco use. Almost all these deaths can be delayed or prevented by our own decisions. The same will apply if/when a vaccine is developed to prevent Covis-19. My family history indicates that our genetics are not very good at proteting our lives from the used of alcohol in combination with tobacco. One of my parents was one of 9 childre who survived infancy. Five of the nine used alcohol and tobacco and they die in their 50s. The four who did not use alcohol or tobacco dies lived into their 90s. While this is a very small epidemiological review, My age is 82 and had a "hole in one" on the golf course last year at 81. We can help control our life style, including death, by making wise decisions.
Not to beat a dead horse here but as of 5 minutes ago we have lost 833,922 souls to vehicular fatalities so far this year....... but hey......
in 2009-2010 we had 60.8 million people diagnosed with the flu, no shut down. Protect the vulnerable and let life go on for the rest. And notice I said protect the vulnerable.
It's a virus that has a 99.6 % survival rate. Yes, old people have a higher risk, yes, folks with pre-existing conditions have a higher risk, just like they do from every virus or bacteria known or unknown to man......We are officially the "woosiest" population in the history of the United States.
Agree. The shut down has been somewhat of an overreaction. But other precautions such as masks and the social distancing are just common sense
Link please...I think you’re lying personally but I could be wrongIn my county we had a bad outbreak at a nursing home, and it wasn't even Cuomo related, with several deaths. Every test they sent out came back positive and I was told that some nurses became suspicious and sent out unused sterile swabs for testing and they also came back positive.
Link please...I think you’re lying personally but I could be wrong