03-04-2020, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Looks like it's time to add a little more rational perspective to this.
In an average year, according to the CDC, there are 36,000 US deaths and 500,000 worldwide deaths from influenza.
Coronavirus---US deaths = 9, all in the same adult facility in Washington State
Worldwide---?2-3000 depending on accuracy of Chinese statistics.
So, CNN, MSNBC, ABC etc., no, chicken little the sky is not falling
Also, I'm amazed the same people who are clamoring for an instant vaccine are probably the same ones that pass on their yearly flu shot
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But there are a helluva lot more flu cases than covid-19 cases.
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