U2Edge
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1. Agree completely. The normal flu deaths don't even make the news, yet COVID-19 is so terrifying we need to shut the country down and hide in our safe rooms. Just being PC? NYC looks bad, but other places are handling it.yep flu deaths.WTF are you whining about?you all think >20,000 since you haven't said shit about those deaths. or the 88 blacks who died in Chicago this year. this year. you haven't spoken out once. so save me your bat ass shaming tactic, you suckTotally agree that a 5-week shutdown would devastate the economy and the people. Who can survive w/o working for 5-weeks? Not many
We can if the government steps up. The alternative is unthinkable. Yes there will be a cost...but this is an EXTRAORDINARY DISASTERA middle of the road approach (2 or 3 week shutdown) would reduce infections to an acceptable level and keep the economy afloat.
A middle of the road approach is NO approach. Acceptable? How many deaths is acceptable?
20,000 what? Deaths? Where?
COVID-19 is color blind. There are 582 US deaths so far, its not broken down by race. So stop the race card shit, and do try to keep up.
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CDC estimates* that, from October 1, 2019, through March 14, 2020, there have been:
38,000,000 – 54,000,000
flu illnesses
17,000,000 – 25,000,000
flu medical visits
390,000 – 710,000
flu hospitalizations
23,000 – 59,000
flu deaths
BTW, no one complained about these numbers at all. no one. all of the sudden 500 deaths mean more cause of china's virus.
For me these flu numbers are staggering for no one to say shit about them then react the way they all did with this virus. sick.
2. Agree again. COVID-19 is nothing to mess with, it is very contagious. But with proper hygiene and hopefully therapies/medicines we should be able to function, at least on a limited basis if not 100%.
1. The Seasonal flu has a vaccine, corona virus does not. Coronavirus based on results in Washington state is 50 times more deadly than seasonal flue. Washington State has done that highest amount of testing per capita of any state in the nation.
2. Do not listen to an economist about what to do to defeat a pandemic. Listen to public health professionals. Follow the science, not the wishful thinking of non-experts more concerned about their money than people's lives.