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Originally Posted by Laker
As of March 6 the Center for Disease Control estimated that 20,000 Americans have died so far in this flu season.
About 40 people have died so far in the US from coronavirus, mostly elderly.
Has the media mentioned the 20,000 dead, to put this hysterical reaction into perspective?
Nope. Bad news sells newspapers, and the MSM is raking it in over this ridiculous "shut down the country" reaction to coronavirus. And the sheeple are buying it...
Pretty sad, isn't it?
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The current population of the US is 327 million of which nearly 10% or 30,000,000 contracted the seasonal flu in 2019-2020. The death rate was .07% or 22,000 as of March 2020. Yes, this is alarming especially since we have a vaccine for this and only 45% of US adults 18 yrs or older received the vaccine.
The international death rate of COVID-19 is 2%. A hypothetical comparison would indicate that IF this is not contained, the death rate in the US could be as high as 600,000. Hopefully, it will not come to this. The death rate for infected persons who are eighty years and older is 14.8% as calculated from international data.
A course in statistics using stratified analysis should be required for anyone who graduates from high school.