Originally Posted by Laker (Post 1727218)

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?

Originally Posted by gomsiepop (Post 1727228)

I just returned from Publix at Lake Deaton Plaza. I had to drive around for five minutes to find an empty space for parking. That should have been my first clue. There were no carts available in the store. Shelves were empty, lines were ridiculous, there were no bananas, etc., etc., etc. I decided to return home and wait until normalcy returns in The Villages.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1728019)

And when do you think that will be?

Originally Posted by Shrinkat (Post 1728014)

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.

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 1727737)

Most people will recover from this virus if they are infected.
There will however be a lot of grandchildren mourning the passing of their grandparents.
A whole lot!
I don't think there are many on here who do not realise how serious this virus is for older people.
Anyone not taking reasonable precautions is playing a very risky game against themselves and their neighbors.
Most of the so called 'negativity/denial' has been about the panic buying, misleading information, and press and news sensationalism of the whole thing.

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 1727737)

Most people will recover from this virus if they are infected.
There will however be a lot of grandchildren mourning the passing of their grandparents.
A whole lot!
I don't think there are many on here who do not realise how serious this virus is for older people.
Anyone not taking reasonable precautions is playing a very risky game against themselves and their neighbors.
Most of the so called 'negativity/denial' has been about the panic buying, misleading information, and press and news sensationalism of the whole thing.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1728021)

With 7.7 plus billion people on earth I dough coved-19 death rate is 2%. Maybe .0000002%

Originally Posted by Carl99 (Post 1727593)

There was a doctor on TV yesterday that had the flu last year and has the virus now. He said the virus is mild compared to the flu.

Originally Posted by Bonnevie (Post 1727922)

I respectfully ask you to refrain from making derogatory comments about the posters. Like the above or maligning a person who's doctorate isn't medicine, or who hit a wrong key and spell check used the wrong word.

If you'd like to offer a reasoned response to what is said, then do it. Your medical credentials certainly give you gravitas, but to denigrate others is simply mean IMHO.

Dr. Fauci (who I personally trust in this) said today that he's glad at what people are calling over reaction because that is what is needed to slow the spread.

Fauci uses a metaphor from one of the fastest-moving sports to describe his strategy on the outbreak. “You skate not to where the puck is, but to where the puck is going to be,” he told a House committee.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1727243)

I was fine with everything until they cancelled the Players Golf Tournament. Now, the world is coming to an end. I may have to open another Perry Mason DVD.

Originally Posted by TomPerry (Post 1728173)

This discussion is pointless, a consensus of “scientists” agree that we will all be dead in less that ten years from client change!!!!!