First Some Good News Then Some Bad

[TigerCaper]

I suspect we will be well served to keep a healthy respect for the effects of this virus beyond death rates.

 

[Earle36]

80% of the people that get it are 65 or older.

 

[iceheart08]

80% of the people that get it are 65 or older.

Try again. Maybe hospitalizations? Maybe deaths? Those might be close. But the statement you posted is objectively not true.

 

[bigdaddytiger]

According to CDC data from 4/17/20, 74.5% of Covid 19 hospitalization cases are in ages 50 and above. Rates for 0-4 years were 0.3/100,000, 5-17 years were 0.1/100,000, 18-49 years were 7.4/100,000, 50-64 years were 7.4/100,000, 65-74 years were 12.2/100,000, 74-84 years were 15.8/100,000, and 85+ years were 17.2/100,000. Those type numbers do present what this engineer would term a significant indicator that this disease does hit the older population at a much higher frequency. Of course the report included nothing concrete about the contributing factors for that smaller group (15%) below 65 years of age. Even more telling to me is the fact that 70-75% of all US cases come from nine states with heavily populated urban centers and roughly 80% of all US deaths come from these same 9 states. Take the numbers any way you choose to but this old man thinks there has been a massive overreach on the part of some politicians with very few functioning brain cells .

 

[TigerDentGuy]

According to CDC data from 4/17/20, 74.5% of Covid 19 hospitalization cases are in ages 50 and above. Rates for 0-4 years were 0.3/100,000, 5-17 years were 0.1/100,000, 18-49 years were 7.4/100,000, 50-64 years were 7.4/100,000, 65-74 years were 12.2/100,000, 74-84 years were 15.8/100,000, and 85+ years were 17.2/100,000. Those type numbers do present what this engineer would term a significant indicator that this disease does hit the older population at a much higher frequency. Of course the report included nothing concrete about the contributing factors for that smaller group (15%) below 65 years of age. Even more telling to me is the fact that 70-75% of all US cases come from nine states with heavily populated urban centers and roughly 80% of all US deaths come from these same 9 states. Take the numbers any way you choose to but this old man thinks there has been a massive overreach on the part of some politicians with very few functioning brain cells .

 

[Buzzards Roost]

80% of the people that get it are 65 or older.

Doesn’t make me feel better at 66 with Comorbidities.
But more important. Iptay takes a big hit when all of us over 65 check out this year.

 

[False9]

Try again. Maybe hospitalizations? Maybe deaths? Those might be close. But the statement you posted is objectively not true.

100% of the stuff @Earle36 posts on this message board is not true, no reason for him to change his modus operandi now

 

[mskoonce]

100% of the stuff @Earle36 posts on this message board is not true, no reason for him to change his modus operandi now

About 55,000 deaths ago he was saying this thing was no big deal, or a hoax, or just the flu, or whatever the message of the day was. Its hard to imagine that we would shut things down like we have and still have this many deaths. Glad to see it appears to have started working.

 

[Earle36]

About 55,000 deaths ago he was saying this thing was no big deal, or a hoax, or just the flu, or whatever the message of the day was. Its hard to imagine that we would shut things down like we have and still have this many deaths. Glad to see it appears to have started working.

55,000 is small potatoes for a pandemic. The 1918 killed 50 to 100 million worldwide. This is child’s play. Most hospitals are so dead that nurses are losing their jobs.

 

[Cocks are Number 1]

According to CDC data from 4/17/20, 74.5% of Covid 19 hospitalization cases are in ages 50 and above. Rates for 0-4 years were 0.3/100,000, 5-17 years were 0.1/100,000, 18-49 years were 7.4/100,000, 50-64 years were 7.4/100,000, 65-74 years were 12.2/100,000, 74-84 years were 15.8/100,000, and 85+ years were 17.2/100,000. Those type numbers do present what this engineer would term a significant indicator that this disease does hit the older population at a much higher frequency. Of course the report included nothing concrete about the contributing factors for that smaller group (15%) below 65 years of age. Even more telling to me is the fact that 70-75% of all US cases come from nine states with heavily populated urban centers and roughly 80% of all US deaths come from these same 9 states. Take the numbers any way you choose to but this old man thinks there has been a massive overreach on the part of some politicians with very few functioning brain cells .

Preach. I’ve had this stance from the beginning. The virus is real, the scheme is a hoax.

 

[mskoonce]

55,000 is small potatoes for a pandemic. The 1918 killed 50 to 100 million worldwide. This is child’s play. Most hospitals are so dead that nurses are losing their jobs.

The first documented US case was on January 19 in Washington. Two months ago there were 16 positive cases. An average of 1800-2000 people are dying in the US each day. And this is with 6 weeks or so of the "scheme" to shut down the country. I'd say its a little bit early to be taking a victory lap for this being "small potatoes." By your own example, the Spanish Flu was much more devastating in the second round.

Things definitely appear to be getting better, but we need to be smart reopening so we dont waste what we gained shutting everything down like this. Just my opinion, I'm sure you disagree though.

 

[Earle36]

The first documented US case was on January 19 in Washington. Two months ago there were 16 positive cases. An average of 1800-2000 people are dying in the US each day. And this is with 6 weeks or so of the "scheme" to shut down the country. I'd say its a little bit early to be taking a victory lap for this being "small potatoes." By your own example, the Spanish Flu was much more devastating in the second round.

Things definitely appear to be getting better, but we need to be smart reopening so we dont waste what we gained shutting everything down like this. Just my opinion, I'm sure you disagree though.

I don’t disagree but I just think you’re overall a huge pussy.

 

[mskoonce]

Fantastic, I'll add that to my resume.