Bill Bader Jr. "we are going to open"

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Do what you want to do. Liberty. The government is not smart enough to know how to protect people from themselves. Since the survival rate is around 98%, just catching the disease is not terminal. Don't be foolish (hard for some people), but don't live in fear because your sensibilities are being bombarded constantly with a single message.

Hi Dwight,
I think you 98% might be a little high. But the real question is what is the mortality rate in the older age group which many here fall into?

Stan

[BRETV]

I've been dealing with a company in India for almost a year now, talking with the employees extensively about what's going on there, and yes they shut the country down until May 3rd, so explain to me how a country with 3 times the population as the US and has millions and millions of impoverished citizens packed together on the streets with NO protection, NO testing and NO social distancing for the homeless and poor, but only have 10,000 cases and about 400 deaths. There would be thousands and thousands of dead bodies laying all over the streets, which is not the case. They are even opening up some the rural areas of the country as we speak. This is BS, our country better wake up and open up!!




Bret Velde
2003 FS/??

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

Hi Dwight,
I think you 98% might be a little high. But the real question is what is the mortality rate in the older age group which many here fall into?

Stan

I think 98% is low. There is no telling how many people contracted the virus, never symptomized. We mostly only test those with symptoms. I agree about the older age group assessment, but that is why I said do what you want to do. I don't see going to a drag race as any more probable for exposure than WalMart, Walgreen's, or the grocery store.

[Dwight Southerland]

Lest anyone assume I am some extreme right-wing wacko, understand that I work for the state government at a level that I was included in making the decision to close our state capitol building and to send all our staff home except essentials. But I tend to see things from a reality view rather than emotional. I have made decisions my entire life mitigating the risk involved. I do not need someone else telling me about the danger of one thing or another and I sure don't need more fear based explanations justifying some arbitrary authority destroying our country.

[Bruce Noland]

"arbitrary authority" Who or what are you talking about?

[John Kissel]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

"arbitrary authority" Who or what are you talking about?

Perhaps he could be referring to a situation such as the gov. of n.j. saying The Bill of Rights is above his pay grade when questioned about his dictates. John Kissel

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

I think 98% is low. There is no telling how many people contracted the virus, never symptomized. We mostly only test those with symptoms. I agree about the older age group assessment, but that is why I said do what you want to do. I don't see going to a drag race as any more probable for exposure than WalMart, Walgreen's, or the grocery store.

The amount of exposure going to a drag race would depend on the number of people in attendance. There will be thousands in attendance at the National event in late June, sitting side by side in the grandstands, which would create a much higher chance for exposure than being in a Walmart, Walgreen's or grocery store. However, late June is two months from now; so we will have to see what progress is made in containing this disease.

[Gregg Luneack]

From Google, each year there are about 100,000 cases of flu reported in the USA
with about 36,000 deaths, with the Chinese covid 19 there are about
680,000 reported cases with about 35,000 deaths, do the math.

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Gregg Luneack

From Google, each year there are about 100,000 cases of flu reported in the USA
with about 36,000 deaths, with the Chinese covid 19 there are about
680,000 reported cases with about 35,000 deaths, do the math.

The numbers you are quoting are from an entire flu season. The numbers for COVID-19 are increasing on a daily basis and will continue to do so. No one will know what the final numbers will be until the virus is completely contained, and that doesn't appear to be any time soon.

[Chevy55]

Originally Posted by Gregg Luneack

From Google, each year there are about 100,000 cases of flu reported in the USA
with about 36,000 deaths, with the Chinese covid 19 there are about
680,000 reported cases with about 35,000 deaths, do the math.

LOL, you need to work on your math.

CDC Reports 13 Million Flu Cases Thus Far in 2019-20 Season

According to the report, the overall rate of influenza-associated hospitalization increased to 1.9 per 100,000. The highest rate of hospitalization has been observed among adults aged ≥65 (47.6 per 100,000 population), followed by children aged 0-4 years (34.4 per 100,000 population) and adults aged 50-64 years (23.2 per 100,000 population).
This past week 7 new influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported, bringing the seasonal total to 39. According to the FluView report, 28 deaths were linked to B viruses—5 of which had their lineage determined and were B/Victoria viruses—and the other 11 deaths were associated with A viruses, 6 of which were A(H1N1)pdm09 virus-associated.
https://www.contagionlive.com/news/c...-201920-season