The John Hopkins link I've used.........
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Most of these other sites are using Johns Hopkins for their data, they are just arraigning it in different ways. Apparently the President used the mortality rate based on confirmed cases during an interview yesterday and confused the heck out of the reporters who are now saying he was wrong, lying, making it up. He got the numbers and charts straight from Johns Hopkins. He considers the number who die who actually have it more important than the number who die as a percentage of the entire population to be more important and from a scientific view, he's correct. Before this is all said and done, nearly everyone is going to have it. The surviveability from that point is more important than the surviveablity of not having it.
And here's the thing with the numbers. Based on Johns Hopkins, and testing, only 1.42% of the US population has tested positive for Covid 19. We know this is not accurate. Various studies from two months ago showed that the actual percentage then based on testing of sewage plant intakes was closer to 14-20% depending on location. We also now know as a fact that many people get it, get over it, without ever knowing they have or had it. The current head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles has it. He said he never would have guessed but since the entire team is being tested, he was tested and found to have it. He has no symptoms, feels fine, etc.
Glenn Beck's family has it, he doesn't which is weird but his entire family does. They never would have gotten tested except they were going from one state to another. And they've been pretty isolated in Idaho for the last couple of months on his ranch. So if it's reached an isolated family in Idaho, it's probably everywhere.
It is a thankless task attempting to point out to many people the divergences and outright contradictions between demonstrable facts and what they prefer to believe on any given matter. Those who persist in doing so are likely to find themselves scorned and hated; the more tenuous the popular delusion and the more stark the reality it conceals, the more violently those who question that delusion will be attacked.
You're not kidding. They did a poll here a week or so ago and found that many people believes about 30 million US citizens have died from Covid. I don't even understand how you can do that since they talk about the 160,000 ever single day, multiple times. You can't avoid it if you watch just one episode of the news.
Perhaps it's just perception based on the panic and fear the media and some politicians have created.
That's the worst thing about this whole thing. AND People REFUSE to move on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
We are again reducing the seats in trains and, I'm ready to bet, also on planes due to nothing but political disputes.
The government extended the state of emergency to keep doing what it wants beyond and above our poor constitution, and the fact that the railways were easing up the restrictions, exactly as the airlines did, was a tad embarrassing to them.
So, close down everything and who cares if Italy now lives of tourism. Kill another bunch of restaurants, hotels, resorts... We have plenty.
No-one will ever be held accountable for this, so the most shrewd and ideologically set jackals can go the way they want.
We'll have lots of tears to cry in a couple months...
Deaths from Covid in PA are ranging from 0 to less than 10 per day now since July 25th and the governor still has us in a state of emergency. He simply doesn't want to give up the power he took upon himself. There is no reason for it anymore. We have 102 covid patients on ventilators out of a total of 941 being used and a grand total of 4430 available. There have been zero deaths under 20 years of age, and the survive-ability rate for those between 20 and 29 is 99.95% of those that get it. And they still are afraid to open the schools. It's ridiculous.
Sounds familiar...too much in fact...
The state has been gearing up for fall sports. Starting a few weeks late but still starting. The Governor opened his big mouth today and suggested they are all postponed to January 1. Weird as that's when the new government starts. Also weird because there hasn't been a single death under the age of 20 in the entire state to Covid. 100% survival rate. Evidence is showing that young kids don't even transmit it to other people when they get it and that it's just harder for them to get it. When they do, it's so mild they don't even know they are sick. We seem to be having a lot of that in adults today also. Head Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles tested positive, wasn't sick. Governor of Ohio was tested because he was meeting the President and was positive. Isn't sick Glenn Beck who I mentioned the other day as his entire family got it but he didn't may have it now. Been off the radio for two days but expected back tomorrow. He's been broadcasting from his house anyway. So he was at least sick enough he didn't want to talk on the radio. He is also very high risk with immunity issues plus he's overweight, along with a couple of other things. Be interesting to see what he says.
Finally found a mask that fits.
The situation.
Remember a few months ago? The only people wearing masks were robbing convenience stores.
My own bank had a teller ask be to remove my cap to deposit money!
Now you are taking a chance of being arrested for not wearing a mask. Or at least shamed.