L.A. mayor considers banning outdoor sports.....

[Rod Greene]

Dr. Ben Carson says 98% of coronavirus cases recover and ‘we can’t operate out of hysteria’
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death for Americans. But Carson said there will be more death "if we destroy the economic infrastructure of this country."

He said the country may not recover economically if America does not open back up for business.

Despite this, the HUD Secretary said the country can't reopen too early.

"Obviously, we don't want to [resume economic activity] too early. We will wait for a couple of weeks and see if [the curve] continues down and then we also need to make sure that we have appropriate testing."

Carson suggested that the government's response to the virus has been extreme.

He also said that not enough attention was being given to the "number of people who have recovered" and that "98 percent" could expect to come through the virus.

"You probably do know someone that has it, you may have it, who knows?" Carson told Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Thursday. "But people have been terrified because we've talked about the bad."

"We can't operate out of hysteria," Carson said. "When people are hysterical, they don't do logical things."

Paul and Bruce both BLUE STATERS imagine that.

[farmco r/sa]

Originally Posted by Rod Greene

Dr. Ben Carson says 98% of coronavirus cases recover and ‘we can’t operate out of hysteria’

The 98% estimate may even be low. It will never really be known how many people had the virus. Many have minor or even no symptoms at all.

[Stan Weiss]

Originally Posted by farmco r/sa

The 98% estimate may even be low. It will never really be known how many people had the virus. Many have minor or even no symptoms at all.

While that might be true. If everyone that needed or wanted a test could get a test. The truth is there is not enough testing being done or available.

So just what numbers did Dr. Carson use? Since at one point he worked at Johns Hopkins lets use their numbers.

► 37309 / 711197 = 0.052459 USA

► 156901 / 2284018 = 0.068695 World Wide

Stan


PS - Added Percentages

► 100 - ((156901/2284018) * 100) = 93.13% World Wide

► 100 - ((37309/711197) * 100) = 94.754% USA

[GTX JOHN]

MY HUNCH:

If everyone was tested.......There would be 10 or 20 times as many cases
of the Virus as we are counting. That would indicate a Death rate of ten
or twenty times less percentage wise and about like common flu.

I am still going to be cautious in public but I am going out of the Darn
House.

[SStockDart]

I just don't know how one can put percentages on human lives. 98% survival rate sounds pretty good........unless you are in the other 2%.

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

MY HUNCH:

If everyone was tested.......There would be 10 or 20 times as many cases
of the Virus as we are counting. That would indicate a Death rate of ten
or twenty times less percentage wise and about like common flu.

I am still going to be cautious in public but I am going out of the Darn
House.

Look up Stanford study of Santa Clara, CA. Article was on CNN of all places.
The numbers may be actually 50 - 80 times.

[Paul Sarvas]

Originally Posted by Rod Greene

Dr. Ben Carson says 98% of coronavirus cases recover and ‘we can’t operate out of hysteria’
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death for Americans. But Carson said there will be more death "if we destroy the economic infrastructure of this country."

Ben Carson is a neurosurgeon, hardly an expert on pandemics. Besides, Bill Bennett (conservative pundit) gave almost the exact same spiel during a Fox interview. Maybe they read from the same script.

Originally Posted by Rod Greene

Paul and Bruce both BLUE STATERS imagine that.

I'm not sure what blue states have to do with anything here.

Anyways, Mr Greene if you insist on minimizing the effect of COVID 19, I suggest to take a roadtrip from Tennessee, stop in Washington DC, pickup Dr. Carson and go to one of the hospitals in the Bronx or Brooklyn. Take a stroll thru the ICU without PPE and witness the human suffering. Then volunteer to help the health workers putting in 16+ hour shifts. If that doesn't work you can come to the other end of New York State and visit the Erie County Medical Center. The county where I live has 2000+ cases of the COVID 19 virus. Perhaps you will change your thinking about sheep, goats and hoaxes.


pS

[SStockDart]

Pt1

[SStockDart]

I am really surprised why more, on here, are not outraged. This virus has proven deadly for those of us with "underlying" medical conditions. I suspect that most "baby boomers/Viet Nam era veterans all have "underlying medical conditions", therefore, likely to expire as a result of coronavirus.
The emphasis should not be on the 98% that likely would survive, but on the total, including the Viet Nam veterans that gave their all.
Echo Charlie Out.

[SStockDart]

Sorry to duplicate, not smart enough to fix it. Lol