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So this morning they are touting US deaths from the coronavirus to be 3100.? Not being satisfied with just that bit of information I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.? Yesterday I did same with the number of California deaths from coronavirus which was 118 and deaths from flu for the 2018-2019 flu season which was 438.? The California agency which tracks this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
WillyTex
 

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.
Too bad you didn't look up and read the topics posted here - I already posted a thread about the Numbers. Now you've gone all redundant on us. LoL!

More than 38,000 people die every year in crashes on U.S. roadways. YMMV.
 

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 09:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
So this morning they are touting US deaths from the coronavirus to be 3100.? Not being satisfied with just that bit of information I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.? Yesterday I did same with the number of California deaths from coronavirus which was 118 and deaths from flu for the 2018-2019 flu season which was 438.? The California agency which tracks this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
Here is the thing, though. This COVID-19 is ridiculously infectious and spreads like wildfire because, apparently, no one had the antibodies to fight this virus very effectively. Hence, you have rampant infection rates that would go through the roof if steps were not taken to mitigate it - ie, social distancing and closing venues where groups of people are able to spew germs all over each other. Yes, other diseases kill more people every year as well as accidents but that is utterly moot. What is relevant is that unchecked, the virus could kill a few million Americans, at the rate we are going with some safety measures in place they are talking about perhaps a mere 100-200K people in the US dying. And that is a lot more than your stats on various flus this season.?
 

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On 3/31/20 10:23 AM, AB via Groups.Io wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 09:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
So this morning they are touting US deaths from the coronavirus to be 3100.? Not being satisfied with just that bit of information I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.? Yesterday I did same with the number of California deaths from coronavirus which was 118 and deaths from flu for the 2018-2019 flu season which was 438.? The California agency which tracks this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
Here is the thing, though. This COVID-19 is ridiculously infectious and spreads like wildfire because, apparently, no one had the antibodies to fight this virus very effectively. Hence, you have rampant infection rates that would go through the roof if steps were not taken to mitigate it - ie, social distancing and closing venues where groups of people are able to spew germs all over each other. Yes, other diseases kill more people every year as well as accidents but that is utterly moot. What is relevant is that unchecked, the virus could kill a few million Americans, at the rate we are going with some safety measures in place they are talking about perhaps a mere 100-200K people in the US dying. And that is a lot more than your stats on various flus this season.?

Not necessarily.? That's why people in my area are beginning to smell a rat.? And since they can smell they don't have the coronavirus.? This flu may be no more deadly than any other "flu" we've seen in past years.? We have had only 3 confirmed deaths from the virus in this county of over a million.? Confirmed that at least one of those was indeed elderly and at risk with prior conditions.? That happens every year.

Let's not become Orwellian over this.? Besides the whole world seems to be turning into a Funny Farm Lounge anyway. :-)
 

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Bet you didn't look up the California numbers. TMMV.

On 3/31/20 10:17 AM, WillyTex via Groups.Io wrote:

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.
Too bad you didn't look up and read the topics posted here - I already posted a thread about the Numbers. Now you've gone all redundant on us. LoL!

More than 38,000 people die every year in crashes on U.S. roadways. YMMV.
WillyTex
 

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
The California agency which tracks this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
Maybe it's time to check the numbers:?Texas, is the second most populous state, and it shows nothing like the death toll in New York. Texas - 47 deaths (3.5% of the total in the Empire State.)

"We truly are shutting down America and harming a great many Americans, based on the worst fears that have not been true and are not on the horizon. We are scaring the hell out of the citizenry. A few additional statistics help counsel a lowering of our national temperature: The vast majority of deaths from the virus are of people over the age of 70 with underlying frailties. The focus on New York where, of course, most of the media is based, is also flooding and distorting the picture for the rest of the country. Of course we need to pay attention to ground zero, which is New York. But what happens there is not what is happening everywhere. For example, our most populous state, California shows 149 deaths, 11% of the total in New York."?
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Time for a Second Opinion
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WillyTex
 

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 12:23 PM, AB wrote:
This COVID-19 is ridiculously infectious and spreads like wildfire...
If you are going to post messages to this group, you are going to have to stop making sense. YMMV.
 

Not sure what your point is.? Are you comparing where the country is now with a full year of flu season numbers???

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 09:26:36 AM PDT, Bhairitu <noozgurugm@...> wrote:


So this morning they are touting US deaths from the coronavirus to be
3100.? Not being satisfied with just that bit of information I looked up
deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at
roughly 34,000.? Yesterday I did same with the number of California
deaths from coronavirus which was 118 and deaths from flu for the
2018-2019 flu season which was 438.? The California agency which tracks
this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
 

And, what Anne says also.? Are you trying to minimize this?? Is it because it hasn't affected you and therefore it must not be real?? That's a classic tRump stance.? Or, because CA isn't seeing the doomsday numbers?? Maybe it's because Newsom jumped to a statewide stay at home order early.?

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 10:23:45 AM PDT, AB via Groups.Io <abater@...> wrote:


On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 09:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
So this morning they are touting US deaths from the coronavirus to be 3100.? Not being satisfied with just that bit of information I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.? Yesterday I did same with the number of California deaths from coronavirus which was 118 and deaths from flu for the 2018-2019 flu season which was 438.? The California agency which tracks this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
Here is the thing, though. This COVID-19 is ridiculously infectious and spreads like wildfire because, apparently, no one had the antibodies to fight this virus very effectively. Hence, you have rampant infection rates that would go through the roof if steps were not taken to mitigate it - ie, social distancing and closing venues where groups of people are able to spew germs all over each other. Yes, other diseases kill more people every year as well as accidents but that is utterly moot. What is relevant is that unchecked, the virus could kill a few million Americans, at the rate we are going with some safety measures in place they are talking about perhaps a mere 100-200K people in the US dying. And that is a lot more than your stats on various flus this season.?

 

Oh never mind.? I saw your answer - another classic tRump move - accusing the other of what you're guilty of.??

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 06:26:14 PM PDT, Emily Mae via Groups.Io <emily.mae50@...> wrote:


And, what Anne says also.? Are you trying to minimize this?? Is it because it hasn't affected you and therefore it must not be real?? That's a classic tRump stance.? Or, because CA isn't seeing the doomsday numbers?? Maybe it's because Newsom jumped to a statewide stay at home order early.?

On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 10:23:45 AM PDT, AB via Groups.Io <abater@...> wrote:


On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 09:26 AM, Bhairitu wrote:
So this morning they are touting US deaths from the coronavirus to be 3100.? Not being satisfied with just that bit of information I looked up deaths from flu for the 2018-2019? flu season which the CDC gives at roughly 34,000.? Yesterday I did same with the number of California deaths from coronavirus which was 118 and deaths from flu for the 2018-2019 flu season which was 438.? The California agency which tracks this uses death certificates issued to tally flu deaths.
Here is the thing, though. This COVID-19 is ridiculously infectious and spreads like wildfire because, apparently, no one had the antibodies to fight this virus very effectively. Hence, you have rampant infection rates that would go through the roof if steps were not taken to mitigate it - ie, social distancing and closing venues where groups of people are able to spew germs all over each other. Yes, other diseases kill more people every year as well as accidents but that is utterly moot. What is relevant is that unchecked, the virus could kill a few million Americans, at the rate we are going with some safety measures in place they are talking about perhaps a mere 100-200K people in the US dying. And that is a lot more than your stats on various flus this season.?

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