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I honestly don't know the answer but I do know 200,000 Americans have died and many more have been hospitalized putting our health care workers at risk. You may say just lock up the old people but I'm not sure about that. Here's an anecdote for you: An elderly man and his wife lived around the corner from me. He has a health care worker come to his house to assist him for a few hours every day. That health care worker came down with the virus but not before infecting both the man and his wife. The man died and the wife was hospitalized for a few weeks but not before infecting their children, one of whom required hospitalization.Didn't Trump tell Woodward that the virus was very dangerous?Now…..what’s the reason for lockdown, home confinement, and shutting the schools?
3. Why lock down everyone when the statistics clearly indicate who is at risk?
Here are the actual stats on who is in danger from the Chinese virus:
“The results were stunning. For those over the age of 65, the rates were very high at 5.6%. In other words, one out of every 20 people over the age of 65 who contract COVID-19 will likely die. That's not quite up there with previous viruses like SARS-CoV at 9.8%, but it's still clearly very dangerous for the elderly.
Those age 50-64 were better but still not great. At 0.14% Infection Fatality Rate Estimate, that's 14 deaths for every 10,000 infections. For people in this age group, it's about 14 times more dangerous than influenza. But from there, the Infection Fatality Rate Estimate drops dramatically. Those age 20-49 have a 0.0092%, or nine deaths per 100,000 infections. As for children age 10-19, the rate drops to 0.00032%, or three deaths per 1 MILLION infections.”
Infection Fatality Rate Estimates: The numbers they don't want you to know | NOQ Report
4. “ The median age of reported COVID-19 deaths in Florida on Wednesday was 93”
Horowitz: The median age of reported COVID-19 deaths in Florida on Wednesday was 93
5. “8 in 10 People Who Have Died of COVID-19 Were Age 65 or Older”
8 in 10 People Who Have Died of COVID-19 Were Age 65 or Older – But the Share Varies By State
Now…..what’s the reason for lockdown, home confinement, and shutting the schools?
I also know that if the US had the same mortality rate as South Korea there would be over 190,000 Americans still alive.
"I honestly don't know the answer but I do know 200,000 Americans have died ..."
First, your sort should never use irony-tinged terms like 'honestly.'
Second, you will not be allowed to change the subject from died from the Chinese flu, to simply 'died.'
Now, the good news: I appreciate you so much, I’m sendin’ over lunch from Wuhan Wok…..