jonriv wrote:Sam wrote:According to the CDC....as of 5/9/20
92% of COVID-related Deaths are ages 55+
80% of COVID-related Deaths are 65+
7% of ALL deaths in the country have been COVID-related.
Understand that COVID-related means that the person tested positive with the virus....not that they died from it. Hospitals receive a $13,000 incentive for each patient they treat that tests positive for the virus and another $34,000 for each "COVID-related" death. They are incentivized to overstate the death numbers.
This is much ado about very little and an attempt to socialize the country after they remove Trump from office.....this time by trying to rig the election with mail-in votes that can be manufactured and lost at will.
Now have a good day.
So the whole world is wrong and you are right? Yes the risk is lower for the “players “, but I’m pretty sure they come in contact with those in your age categories. There have also have been a very large number of younger people that have spent 2-3 weeks in hospitals (most in icu). California is fortunate- it is not as densely populated as the east coast and Europe and you closed up in time. It would appear to be insane take away the density advantage by having a few thousand potentially infected people to congregate in your very fortunate isolated Orange County. -but obviously it’s a conspiracy
I’m in finance and have a military background. Spent my whole life in risk analysis and management. Also in risk/reward. I do not see the reward worth the risk
I do think we need to reopen, but it needs to be done methodically and databased. I also believe that there is not a one size fits all. Urban, suburban and rural each have different challenges and needs. It’s obvious the rural regions can open sooner. I really don’t think we will be seeing mass gatherings until there is a therapeutic and/or vaccine. I also believe if you do not practice proper social distancing you are not only reckless, but also rude. Perhaps you don’t care about your own health, but you put others in danger
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but not your own facts. I, also come from a military background and I currently work for the military. The numbers say we shouldn't have sheltered in the first place. The masks you all wear don't stop microbes....they stop spit and phlegm....they are a false sense of security. We can open up tomorrow and the persons most at risk can CHOOSE to lockdown or social distance. We have destroyed millions of peoples' lives for nothing. The whole world, as you put it, are the Globalists....Socialists who want to destroy our economy and our way of life. If fighting against that is rude, I will proudly be rude....it's not like its anything new for me.
You make my point about the youths in ICU....the hospital gets more money, in addition to the $13,000 incentive. There are also millions of people whom have recovered or never even knew they had the virus....that haven't been tested nor confirmed cases.....the death rate is actually abysmally small.
Nobody is in danger....unless you are over 65 and you are one of the 3/10 of 1% of the population that actually contracts the virus.
Lemmings are willful participants in destroying the country.