And just like that the Trumpers* stoped comparing it to flu...
- Thread starter Jarod
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It is obvious there is no comparison; outbreaks and deaths of the flu far exceed anything we have seen from the coronavirus.
COVID-19: U.S. at a Glance*
Total cases: 3,487
Total deaths: 68
CDC estimates* that, from October 1, 2019, through March 7, 2020, there have been:
36,000,000 – 51,000,000 flu illnesses
370,000 – 670,000 flu hospitalizations
22,000 – 55,000 flu deaths
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm
COVID-19 is a very similar disease to influenza. This novel coronavirus seems to cause similar symptoms and to progress in a similar way. As a respiratory disease, COVID-19 is likely transmitted like influenza, via contact with respiratory droplets.
The majority of the data we have on this virus and disease is still that from China, and it’s difficult to know or to understand how reliable that data is and how representative it is of what may occur in other parts of the world, such as in the United States.
People in the scientific community are wary of the data coming out of China.
It’s likely that there many more cases of COVID-19 that have not been reported. Many people have probably been slightly ill with a much milder disease, for which no medical assistance was needed and no diagnostic testing was performed. That means that most people infected with the virus recovered without ever being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 are slowly occurring in the United States, and they seem to be widely distributed, albeit they still represent a fairly low number on the scale of an epidemic.
From the information that we have at this point, in some ways, COVID-19 has behaved like the flu, though perhaps it’s a bit more contagious in the right conditions.
The caveat is that this assumption is based mostly on information from cases seen in the Chinese population. From that data, it appears that for most people, COVID-19 is a mild disease, probably flu-like, but maybe even milder and more like a cold.
There are other coronaviruses that regularly infect people and cause a common cold, and for the most part, people never bother to seek medical attention for these more common coronaviruses because they do not make people as ill as the flu.
The majority of the data we have on this virus and disease is still that from China, and it’s difficult to know or to understand how reliable that data is and how representative it is of what may occur in other parts of the world, such as in the United States.
People in the scientific community are wary of the data coming out of China.
It’s likely that there many more cases of COVID-19 that have not been reported. Many people have probably been slightly ill with a much milder disease, for which no medical assistance was needed and no diagnostic testing was performed. That means that most people infected with the virus recovered without ever being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 are slowly occurring in the United States, and they seem to be widely distributed, albeit they still represent a fairly low number on the scale of an epidemic.
From the information that we have at this point, in some ways, COVID-19 has behaved like the flu, though perhaps it’s a bit more contagious in the right conditions.
The caveat is that this assumption is based mostly on information from cases seen in the Chinese population. From that data, it appears that for most people, COVID-19 is a mild disease, probably flu-like, but maybe even milder and more like a cold.
There are other coronaviruses that regularly infect people and cause a common cold, and for the most part, people never bother to seek medical attention for these more common coronaviruses because they do not make people as ill as the flu.
StoneByStone
It's OK to Be White
Changing thousands and thousands of people's minds isn't hard if those people are all Trumpcucks. Just have Trump say something they didn't previously believe. They'll fall into line instantly.
Perhaps in Brad's* mind, 36,000,000 to 51,000,000 < 3,487, and 22,000 to 55,000 < 68.
And just like that,
Brad* started another troll thread.
How many is that today, so far?
EDIT: His total so far is 7. That's the limit for the CE and GP forums in 1 day, unless a "Super Moderator" is helping Brad* behind the scenes.
Math is not a leftists forte.
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Darth Omar
Russian asset
How can there be a bigger point besides the respective death tolls lol?
The topic is that Trump and his supporters stopped comparing the coronavirus to flu, not about the numbers.
Of course they did, even Trump was forced to face the truth today, and tonight all the Fox demogogues will be telling the lemmings that Trump was the best in doing it
StoneByStone
It's OK to Be White
They already started doing that last night. They were saying that Trump acted fast and set the standard for how a president should handle a pandemic.
The left out the part where Trump cut funding to the CDC, for some reason.
The use of the English language is not Brad's* forte.
You have to consider the source; AProudLefty is not right in the head.
Says the guy who cannot comprehend the OP.
You have to consider the source; AProudLefty is not right in the head.
How could anyone be who admits that they're proud to be a lefty?
Or the common cold, which they also claimed.
I had Marketwatch open when he gave the latest whimper; you could actually watch the DJIA drop in real time.