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How about if we have a major sporting event without Referees, Umpires, Judges or Stewards? I Love that a 65 to one shot did ...
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He says 19+ million citizens in NY, tested 649thousand and had 3% deaths. If I take the same stats out to 3% x 19 million = 57thousand deaths, using the same stats. That is not insignificant....and take it out nationally, it's worse. At present any states #'s can not be accurate unless everybody (theoretical/not going to happen)is tested. Therein is a major consideration for continued distancing and caution. Presently, we have no way to know who is asymptomatic but carrying the virus. We also don't know for how long are the recovered patients immune. This COVID 19 is far worse than ordinary seasonal flu, as the death rate proves. Those of us with preconditions are far more at risk of developing COVID 19 (and possible death) than we are the common flu.
With any statistics, users can interpret any way they choose. I don't doubt this doctor's intent but I do question the conclusions, as long as we're currently testing less than 10% across the country. Another factor is the predictions about the virus returning in the late fall. Possibilities abound as long as testing is not made the highest priority. I sold chemistry reagents for DOW chemical at one time. My understanding now is the President must order manufacturing to make reagents their highest priority in production scheduling. Presently DOW and others are producing as normal, understandably because they have customers to satisfy. The fear of the president is that more testing will raise the numbers of infections/deaths and affect his campaign and reelection chances, ergo, no emphasis, or Presidential Action to produce widespread testing. I'm not being political, I'm stating a fact about testing production. NOTE: our CDC director refused tests early on in the pandemic, offered to us by WHO, China, and European counties. Why? We still have not developed our own reliable (Proven results are accurate) tests.
I don't care who develops the tests or whose data is correct. We are about to hear many many more scientists and doctors presenting data. Keep in mind, not all regions share the same data, eg., rural areas are already spaced, NY city is dense, etc. At 76, or anybody over 55 and anybody with inherent medical conditions, should ignore early data. Why? Because we are not normal data. I plan on caution caution caution and good distancing practice. Locally I've read a dozen cases of feeling great, denying science and protesting, and then, Bingo, virus, and sudden worsening and death. This virus attacks aggressively, lungs, liver, kidneys, and heart. Keep abreast of all these data reports, but, know that none are yet conclusive. He sited 649000 cases as "good data". I disagree because I read many papers and have been part of a diabetes study and that number, in light of 340 million population is minute. The virus still has not run its course. Be inquisitive but, be open-minded. Don't look for answers that parallel your preference... This is serious stuff.
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