Originally Posted by
Extendedcab
Get a grip and get over your TDS!!
In terms of the number of deaths COVID-19 has caused (578K as of 14 July 2020), it is actually more comparable with previous flu pandemics. The Asian flu in 1957-1958 killed an estimated 1.1 million people, close to the 1 million people thought to have been killed by the Hong Kong flu pandemic of 1968-1970.
So why are we destroying the US economy (and the worlds for that matter)? COVID, today, has killed fewer people but yet we are shutting down normal human activities out of fear! Why didn't we shut down the economy for the Asian flu or the Hong Kong flue or other pandemics? What is so different with this virus to cause this sever reaction? Even the medical community can not agree on actions to prevent or limit it's spreading. We have been told to wear a mask, not to wear a mask, stay 6' away from other humans, then it was 28', then it was 6' again, hand washing is the answer, sneeze in your elbow, don't touch your face, its not spreadable from human to human, dogs can't catch it, close down the economy, open it back up, you can protest without a mask but it is not OK to go to church, antibodies last a year or two, then several months, now I heard a report yesterday that antibodies only last a few weeks, we are all going to get infected and die - what the hell is next?
Hopefully, no guarantee, you can see the concern that something stinks here! What good is testing if there are no other measures to isolate those that are infected or take other preventive measures? Are there any new measures taken with these new infection rate numbers? What are they? What are these numbers used for except to spread fear?
What does the CDC get out of manipulating numbers, I don't know, you tell me, what does any group get out of manipulating numbers? Deep state sabotaging the upcoming election? To destroy the US by dragging out the hysteria and shutting down the economy? To lead the US to a socialistic or communistic government? Other?