Out of curiosity for all those people that are basically dismissing covid as nothing to really worry about. What sort of numbers or how close to home would it have to strike to make you change your mind? Serious question.
Since he didn't stipulate, he must have meant wearing a mask is to fail the IQ test.Not really. Much of this mask wearing is nothing more than virtue signaling.
While the masks everyone are wearing do have some effectiveness in certain indoor environment, the true measure of IQ is how someone practices social distancing.
You said it.kinda like the female asstronot with the hair standing up, then when she flips the hair never moves.points down..Hmmm...guess I'm seeing things
... States that started opening a couple months ago should have had surges a week or two after reopening, not 2 months later...
Laurie, isn't that 40% of population infected? Seems a little high.the WHO's 400 / 1,000 'epidemic' definition
Look at it another way. Take just your leading causes of death, and remove the accidents and suicides. You're left with at least (there are other natural causes not listed) 1.9 million deaths per year from disease. Of which the current Covid-19 deaths are < 1/15. If we get to 200,000 deaths they're 1/10. Not chopped liver, but something of a ripple on the pond of the ongoing human suffering from disease. It's easy to mouth "Even a single death is a tragedy!" Well, I've lost my share of loved ones to disease, and suffered the loss accordingly, but none (yet) was a Covid-19 victim. So I'll not feel heartless or cruel for putting this "crisis" in perspective.For perspective, here is data for the US from 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
- Number of deaths: 2,813,503
- Death rate: 863.8 deaths per 100,000 population
- Life expectancy: 78.6 years
- Infant Mortality rate: 5.79 deaths per 1,000 live births
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 647,457
- Cancer: 599,108
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 169,936
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 160,201
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 146,383
- Alzheimer’s disease: 121,404
- Diabetes: 83,564
- Influenza and Pneumonia: 55,672
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis: 50,633
- Intentional self-harm (suicide): 47,173
Laurie, isn't that 40% of population infected? Seems a little high.
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Are referring to "positivity", i.e. per 100k tests, or positives per 100k population?Yup - should be per 100,000. Newly re locked down Leicester is running somewhere in the 140s / 100K positive results and falling. Where I live (York) is 1.9 infections per 100,000 for the w/e 28th June and that in turn had fallen by two-thirds from the previous week. That suggests that being struck and killed by lightning or a meteor is about as great a risk as the disease, or given the number of homicidal cyclists here being hit by one is very much greater than the current Covid risk. (There are plenty of tests being done here now. After a near disastrous start, the UK is now well up the global league table in terms of tests per million population.)
Are referring to "positivity", i.e. per 100k tests, or positives per 100k population?
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Thanks. And to review, WHO considers infection rate of 400 per 100k population "epidemic"? That's interesting.Population Brian. So actual infection levels are obviously higher, the degree depending on testing levels.
It ain't over 'til it's over. New study:FDA revokes authorization for hydroxychloroquine. No surprises there.
I wish every state published this level of detail. Two things stand out for me: The surge capacity available, and that currently 42% of ICU usage is Covid-19. We forget how many ICU patients there are under normal conditions. Many elective surgeries were postponed and stacking up, then a surge of sorts resulted as hospitals came out of lockdown mode. Also cancers etc not discovered when routine health screenings were suspended, or people with cancer or cardio symptoms chose not to seek immediate attention.Charts of hospitalizations (ICU and general beds) for the greater Houston area.
Hospitalizations are increasing fairly rapidly, both ICU and General beds.