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I have been thinking about the COVID- pandemic recently. I would like to begin by saying that if you lost a friend or family member to COVID-, you have my condolences and sympathy. I only know of one person who has died of COVID-, and that was in Indiana, not Florida, where I live. That person was the grandfather of my grandson's girlfriend. I did not know this person personally. He was reportedly 71 years old, which is my age, and had few if any conditions that make COVID- more lethal. Now to his family, the lethality of COVID- is 0%. But when compared to the nation as a whole, the lethality is shockingly low. IF the death rate reaches 330,000 people, out of the total population of 330,000,000, the lethality of COVID- would be one-tenth of one percent. (0.001). As of today the CDC has reported that there have been ,823,9 confirmed cases. In relative terms that amounts to approximately 4.5% of the total population. So, 95.5% hasn't gotten it or has had such mild symptoms that they recovered without seeing a doctor. A Johns Hopkins University professor recently compared deaths from illnesses this year with previous years and noted a statistical oddity. While deaths for COVID- deaths were spiking, deaths for cancer and heart disease, and other conditions were dropping, and the total number of deaths per the targeted age groups were relatively stable year to year. The article was posted and then suddenly removed from the internet. A recent article from SFGATE, a San Francisco web-based alternative newspaper, claimed the story was flawed. I have included a link to the article here.

(https://www.sfgate.com/coronavirus/article/johns-hopkins-covid-mortality-study-briand-764249.php

One of the points in the article is that the author is not a medical doctor or scientist. She is an assistant program director in John Hopkins’ applied economics department. She uses statistical data to study economic trends and outcomes, which, to my mind, does not disqualify her opinions.

My point is this. COVID- is a potentially deadly viral illness, but we, as a nation, have weathered deadly, viral illnesses in the past without crippling the economy as we are now. If wearing masks, washing hands, and staying indoors for weeks on end, will save us from COVID-, which we have already been doing for 7+ months, then why are the numbers skyrocketing?

EvilRoy48 4 Dec 9
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