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To: FJB who wrote (1213503)	3/27/2020 4:33:09 AM
From: Heywood40	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578566

Coronavirus "much closer" to a very bad flu? You FUCKING MORONS have been moaning about how many millions of people the flu kills as a way of downplaying how bad the coronavirus is. Now you're saying that although the coronavirus is worse than the worst thing you were comparing it to, it's not way, way worse than that. The 1956-1958 flu pandemic was a very bad flu. It killed at least two million people, perhaps twice that number. So now, no worries, the coronavirus may only kill 5 or 10 million, right?

To: FJB who wrote (1213503)	3/27/2020 5:01:53 AM
From: Winfastorlose	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578566

POSTED ON MARCH 26, 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 DEATHS SO FAR: WHERE IS THE CRISIS? (UPDATED) I have updated this chart a number of times, based on data from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control, and will continue to do so. It shows, for one thing, how far COVID-19 has to go before it equals the average seasonal flu mortality, worldwide. If I had to predict, I would guess that it will eventually reach the average level. Will it get to 2x the average number of flu deaths, worldwide? Looking at current trends, I don’t see how that will happen. But time will tell. Likewise in the U.S. You still can’t see the bar for COVID-19, but it is there: 994 deaths so far, per the CDC, compared with 61,000 caused by the flu virus just two years ago. The Wuhan virus might equal or even exceed that total, but it is hard to forecast that at this point. And anyway, the 2017-18 flu deaths barely merited a news story, let alone a radical, economy-destroying shutdown. What has changed? Even if the U.S. death total eventually amounts to, say, three times the toll of the flu just two seasons ago–around 180,000 dead–what is the justification for the extraordinary measures our governments have taken, which are in the process of crushing our economy? Click to enlarge: JOE adds: The New England Journal of Medicine is tonight publishing an article titled: “Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted.” The article considers the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, concluding: “This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.” The authors of the article? H. Clifford Lane, M.D., Robert R. Redfield, M.D, and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/covid-19-deaths-so-far-where-is-the-crisis.php