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%.

[Rod Greene]

[QUOTE=SStockDart;612638]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%.[/QUOTE

Where is the outrage against smokers kills 30% obesity, high blood pressure the flu is more deadly. No one wants to be in the 2% but if you are a fat smoker with high blood pressure it is probably a lot higher than that. If you take care of your body this virus is nothing.

[Bruce Noland]

[QUOTE=Rod Greene;612659]

Originally Posted by 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%.[/QUOTE

Where is the outrage against smokers kills 30% obesity, high blood pressure the flu is more deadly. No one wants to be in the 2% but if you are a fat smoker with high blood pressure it is probably a lot higher than that. If you take care of your body this virus is nothing.

This will be an obvious answer to most rational people. There is no outrage because a fat smoker can not kill a multitude of people. He can only kill himself.

[Randy Wells]

I left Missouri this morning, drove to North Dakota heading back to work. I drove through South Dakota on I 29, not much traffic, when I was north of Sioux City South Dakota, just north of town is a dirt track, the pits were full of late models and modified dirt cars, seen cars on the track and people in the stands, not sure if they were just hot lapping or racing, but looked pretty full to me, so there are people out there racing. Was wondering if Thunder Valley in Marion is open.

Randy Wells
C/SA
Wells Bros

[Steve Polhill]

[QUOTE=Rod Greene;612659]

Originally Posted by 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%.[/QUOTE

Where is the outrage against smokers kills 30% obesity, high blood pressure the flu is more deadly. No one wants to be in the 2% but if you are a fat smoker with high blood pressure it is probably a lot higher than that. If you take care of your body this virus is nothing.

OK using the logic that Covid-19 has only a 2% mortality rate. Due to the Very contagious nature of Covid, without measures in place to stop the spread it is likely that 100% of the planet would contract it in some form. With a world population of over 7.5 Billion, that means that at a 2% mortality rate over 150 MILLION people would die. More than every war EVER, the Holocaust and Gods great flood combined. and all within a few year span. Talk all you want about heart disease, High Blood pressure or Obesity. But none of those are contagious. You can't give me heart disease by sneezing on me, and the normal flu is only a 10th as contagious as Covid. Not to mention there is outrage about obesity, heart disease etc, but 90% of that is self inflicted. To change that you have to change people. Good luck with that.

[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.