Those are pro-rated numbers based on comparisons to current population in the US. I only know people that were infected and showed no other signs after recovery. I did hear about one person in good health that did die.
Stop equating cases with deaths. Do you know how many cases there were of the Hong Kong flu? Nobody does. Maybe because the bureaucrats and mainstream media( that includes you)didn’t opportunize the chance to scare the populace out of its sense of liberty and personal responsibility. And people then accepted the reality that people die from all kinds of flus and they survive them and they develop immunities. We only know that this flu in these Misunited States of America has not yet reached the number of HK deaths. Is Jimmy the Greek still alive? I’d like to see the odds of dying from this flu. How do those odds compare with each of the other big killers out there: cancer, starvation, homicide, car accidents, natural disasters.......
Mr. Bailey, overall more than 3% of US confirrmed cases have equated to confirmed death. And you should stop equating non-deaths with fully recovered. Unlike the flu, COVID can leave victims with permanent lung, cardiovascular, and/or cognitive impairment. You're also wrong on the history. 1968 flu pandemic had 100,000 _estimated_ deaths. COVID is over 160,000 _confirmed_ and rising - and that's after the extraordinary measures we've taken. If we just pretended this was an ordinary flu, as you appear to want, that would be much higher - quite possibly over a million. As it is, looking at the 2018 statistics, COVID will easily replace accidents of all types (not just car accidents, but all accidents added together) as the third leading cause of death in the US for 2020.
Again, the number of Covid deaths needs to hit more than 275,000 to equal the per capita numbers of the Hong Kong flu. This flu is getting an extraordinary amount of attention and some say the Covid numbers are being fudged. Never mind the politics. I don’t think those stories surfaced in the ‘70’s; somehow it all escaped the front page. And look at the demographics. The average age is over 75 for deaths and many of those with existing maladies. And homicides are going up. Covid related due to bureaucratic measures? But I said this before,too: I’m a big supporter of the virus, although, it really doesn’t have much of a chance against the hordes.
Yes, I’m a misanthrope. If you look it up in the dictionary you can see my picture. 😁
Either your research or your math skills have failed you. 100,000 deaths on a 1968 population of 200 million is pretty much the same per capita as 166,000 deaths on a population of 331 million. (All-cause mortality suggests the true COVID death toll is significantly higher.) And we reached this level despite all the measures taken this time, but not in 1968. How you got the 275,000 figure (831 per million) is a mystery - that's too high even comparing to the 1957-58 pandemic, which was estimated at 674 US deaths per million population.
And again, in using the 1968 pandemic as a basis for comparison, you're overlooking the permanent damage suffered by many, something not an issue with the flu. You are fortunate not to know anyone who has died. I knew two. I also know one person who appears to have had it (not tested, but the symptoms matched; she's hoping to get an antibody test). She was sick for weeks, but never hospitalized. It remains to be seen if she has any permanent damage.
Those are pro-rated numbers based on comparisons to current population in the US. I only know people that were infected and showed no other signs after recovery. I did hear about one person in good health that did die.
Stop equating cases with deaths. Do you know how many cases there were of the Hong Kong flu? Nobody does. Maybe because the bureaucrats and mainstream media( that includes you)didn’t opportunize the chance to scare the populace out of its sense of liberty and personal responsibility. And people then accepted the reality that people die from all kinds of flus and they survive them and they develop immunities. We only know that this flu in these Misunited States of America has not yet reached the number of HK deaths. Is Jimmy the Greek still alive? I’d like to see the odds of dying from this flu. How do those odds compare with each of the other big killers out there: cancer, starvation, homicide, car accidents, natural disasters.......
Comrade...go finish your vodka!
Sorry, not a vodka fan. But I did just finish my Kentucky bourbon cocktail.
Mr. Bailey, overall more than 3% of US confirrmed cases have equated to confirmed death. And you should stop equating non-deaths with fully recovered. Unlike the flu, COVID can leave victims with permanent lung, cardiovascular, and/or cognitive impairment. You're also wrong on the history. 1968 flu pandemic had 100,000 _estimated_ deaths. COVID is over 160,000 _confirmed_ and rising - and that's after the extraordinary measures we've taken. If we just pretended this was an ordinary flu, as you appear to want, that would be much higher - quite possibly over a million. As it is, looking at the 2018 statistics, COVID will easily replace accidents of all types (not just car accidents, but all accidents added together) as the third leading cause of death in the US for 2020.
Again, the number of Covid deaths needs to hit more than 275,000 to equal the per capita numbers of the Hong Kong flu. This flu is getting an extraordinary amount of attention and some say the Covid numbers are being fudged. Never mind the politics. I don’t think those stories surfaced in the ‘70’s; somehow it all escaped the front page. And look at the demographics. The average age is over 75 for deaths and many of those with existing maladies. And homicides are going up. Covid related due to bureaucratic measures? But I said this before,too: I’m a big supporter of the virus, although, it really doesn’t have much of a chance against the hordes.
Yes, I’m a misanthrope. If you look it up in the dictionary you can see my picture. 😁
Either your research or your math skills have failed you. 100,000 deaths on a 1968 population of 200 million is pretty much the same per capita as 166,000 deaths on a population of 331 million. (All-cause mortality suggests the true COVID death toll is significantly higher.) And we reached this level despite all the measures taken this time, but not in 1968. How you got the 275,000 figure (831 per million) is a mystery - that's too high even comparing to the 1957-58 pandemic, which was estimated at 674 US deaths per million population.
And again, in using the 1968 pandemic as a basis for comparison, you're overlooking the permanent damage suffered by many, something not an issue with the flu. You are fortunate not to know anyone who has died. I knew two. I also know one person who appears to have had it (not tested, but the symptoms matched; she's hoping to get an antibody test). She was sick for weeks, but never hospitalized. It remains to be seen if she has any permanent damage.