Do you have a lot of Coronavirus cases in the area where you live?

[Pogo]

It is difficult to understand how this is a national crisis when the media spends 95% of its time on the New York metro area, which includes parts of New Jersey. Occasionally, the media spends a little time on New Orleans and Detroit. The death rate in the rest of the country among the elderly with underlying health issues is normal.

My point is the death rate in the rest of the country among the elderly with underlying health issues is normal.

California has the largest population in the country. As of today, 269 people have in died of Covid-19 in a population of over 39 million in three months! With an older population, Florida has had 170 deaths in three months, Texas 90, Washington state, where all this started, 291, Connecticut part of the N.Y. metro area 131. Those are all three month totals. That is a normal death rate among the sick and elderly. United States Coronavirus: 277,161 Cases and 7,392 Deaths - Worldometer

See my point? This crisis is mostly occurring in the N.Y. metro area, and to a lesser extent Detroit and New Orleans. Some are concerned about Chicago, but Illinois comes is at 210 for three months in a population of 12.66 million. That is normal. This doesn't appear to be a national pandemic.

Bill Hemmer, Fox News, reported from a street in N.Y. today. The wind was blowing, and it was cold and rainy, the perfect breeding ground for the common cold. N.Y. had a cold wet winter lasting four months. It's downtown area is dominated by the elderly and the homeless, and public conveyances are the most popular means of transport. The N.Y. area is infested by Covid-19. Is anyone surprised?

Are older people afflicted with Covid-19, who were already sick, dying of lung disease, pneumonia, influenza, heart disease, etc. or are they dying because of Covid-19? Just asking.

The media, following the lead provided by the Trump White House, tries to scare people with huge numbers. They like to talk about the number of cases. So, today, in a population of 327 million, 275,493 Americans have come down with the common cold from a new virus, Covid-19, in three months. In three months, 7,081 Americans, most of them old and sick, many in nursing homes and hospitals, have died from the complications of the common cold.

So, is anyone impressed?

Not by your math skills certainly.

 

[froggy]

Stats of the State of New York

www.cdc.gov

 

[L.K.Eder]

yes. Munich is a hot spot. but we do not suffer from terminal trumpery, so we address it.

 

[froggy]

New York has an average of 629 deaths per day

 

[L.K.Eder]

New York has an average of 629 deaths per day

let's blame those numbers on the Chinese!