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Originally Posted by mneumann02

The math here is very off- "the death rate to positive tests is less than a hundredth of a percent." The death rate for everyone getting Covid-19 is running around 5% world-wide. The death rate, if you are 70-79 is around 16%, as published by a link to the CDC by a previous poster. That is my age group. I do not like those odds, so my wife and I are taking every precaution. This is not PANICKING as some posters like to accuse, this is being realistic. This pandemic is not a hoax, this is not political, this is not a "scamdemic" as I have read here. This is a deadly health crises that severely affects older people more than younger ones. If everyone had taken this seriously back in March, we would be through this. It is the people who don't wear masks, who gather in large groups, who compare this to the flu, who don't take precautions- those are the people spreading this deadly virus and killing people who catch it.

If you go back and read my post again, you will see that I was referencing the ratio of infected to death in Sumter co. portion of The Villages only. Sorry if I did not make that clear. I do not concern myself with other countries when my country should be the major concern, our state, our county our community.