Bruce Daniels
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- Jan 3, 2020
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Fine. The coronavirus seems to be extremely contagious, and this pandemic is ongoing, so neither you nor I know how likely it is that anyone will get it.Who doesn't? That has NOTHING to do with what I said or asked nor what you said or asked.I don't claim to be an expert. I listen to the experts.I'M ALL EARS IF YOU CAN DISPROVE ONE THING I STATED.Well, obviously, you're an expert and we can all stop worrying about all this bullshit right now. Thanks for that!Sorry, one of my best friends is a doctor, and another good friend, his wife is in medicine. Next theory?Then you don't know anyone who knows anyone who works in the medical field.Anecdotal stories are not science.
It does make sense that young people that smoke and vape weed (or tobacco), are obese, or have other underlying issues are more vulnerable to severe symptoms.
The fear machine is on full tilt!I take raw data seriously. A 32 year old getting the flu bad certainly is a rarity. Needing life support 2 days later is a freak case. Meaningless without knowing the patient's medical history.A 32 year old, who 48 hours earlier was at work, feeling a little funny. Last night he was on life support and fighting for his life.
The FACTS that concern me are:
I'M CALLING BULLSHIT.
- 80,000 people DIED of influenza-like illnesses last season, JUST IN THE USA. That is about double the average. There was no panic, no alarm, no government lockdowns, no school closings, no bailouts, nothing.
- So far there are only about 13,000 Covid deaths WORLDWIDE, and we are calling it a pandemic with every State in a state of "emergency." So far, 6.8 people have died per state.
- There has only been ONE death attributed to Covid in my state. Last week, the governor closed all the liquor stores.
- No one I've talked to has known a single person whose died, been sick with the Covid flu or has SEEN anything that would suggest to him this year is any worse than any other flu season.
- I've crunched the numbers. If you take the number of people divided by the number of confirmed Covid cases, that means you are STILL 3.6X MORE LIKELY to get hit by lightning than to contract Covid. And that is only to get it. Only about 0.5% (best guess) actually die from it.