When it really happens: SHTF...

[Aragorn243]

Here in the US, they are once again revising the numbers of expected fatalities. We are now UNDER the annual flu deaths at 50,000. Now that may seem high but to us, it isn't. And the remarkable thing is deaths from heart disease, pneumonia, and the flu etc have plummeted to almost nothing. In other words, we have no real idea of how many of these deaths are actually from Covid 19. If it is even suspected, without confirmation, that they had Covid 19, it is listed as cause of death whether it was the cause of death or not. And with the government guarantee of payment for Covid 19 treatments, it makes sense to the health care facilities to list it as such to ensure payment.

I hate to say it but it's possibly looking like this is a huge panic that could have been controlled a whole lot better than with a complete shutdown of our economy. Enforced distancing and masks with isolation of the most vulnerable and perhaps a relatively normal life could have continued. It's not the politicians here that are dictating it, it's the health care advisors. Small numbers of people are starting to get angry and I expect that number to grow as this progresses. Peak numbers for NY are expected today, Peak numbers for PA in six days Peak for NY is expected at 878, peak for PA is 32. Peak numbers for the entire US in seven days.

The media is talking an 8 month shutdown. I'm thinking April 30th. Time will tell.

And for the record, I'm not one of the angry ones. I'm content to wait this out. Come May, that may change.