OK so if that's the case where are you getting your enlightened numbers from? LOL. BTW nowhere close to all cases each year of the flu are reported either. Talk about a number that would be drastically altered. You really think Italy is faking all the dead stacked up in their mourges right now. The curse of modern America is that the majority of the population is at polar extremes. One side is panicky and thinks the world is always about to end, the other is like you and think everything is fake and there is nothing going on and you aren't going to change your life for anything or anyone. We have a severe lack of middle ground. There are thousands of people suddenly dead in the span of a couple months and that factual number is exponentially increasing every day at this point. Not terribly here yet, but that's simply because we are both behind the time line and some people are being sensible and following guidelines.
You are missing my point.
Is CV19 serious? Yes.
Should there be panic over CV19? No.
Are people dieing? Yes.
Is Cv19 the cause or multiplier as a cause of mass deaths? Don't know. Inconclusive data.
I'm at neither extreme. I prefer common sense middle.
i.e. You live in a central midwest town USA. Population 100. 25 people are under 15 years old, 25 people are between 15 and 40 years old, 25 people are between 41 and 60 years old, and 25 people are over 61 years old.
24 cases of CV19 infects your town.
News media instantly declares your town as a hot zone and ground zero for your area, and your state has no other cases of CV19, yet according to the media's numbers 25% of your state is infected and ground zero for your state.
Of the 24 cases 10 people die. That's less than 2/5ths. 2 children 15 and under: 1 developed pneumonia after contracting CV19, the other was already battling premature birth disorders after contracting CV19.
2 young adults: 1 athletic the other overweight and diabetic. The athlete survives, the diabetic dies.
4 adults over 50: 1 survives 3 die: 2 are over 80 near death since 6 months ago, 1 contracted CV19 24 hrs prior to death, the other negetive for CV19. 1 dies due to emphysema factory work related, contracted CV19 3 hours before death at age 60.
4 adults ages 20 to 40, good health, 1 dies from bronchial pneumonia 50/50 chance from CV19. The other 3: 1 common cold, 1 common flu, 1 seasonal bronchitis, all 3 developed fluid in the lungs, and treatment had no effects.
Suddenly, Breaking News, 25 %(+) children in your state under 15 years old will contract CV19, state population 15 and under 20,000. That means 5000 will be infected, 200 will die from CV19, 100 because of preexisting conditons.
The countries total population is 20 million under 15 years old. 500,000 under 15 years old will be infected, 20,000 will die, but only 10,000 due to preexisting conditions.
Your little town of 2000 people, just condemned, via the mainstream media, 20,000 kids under 15, but hey 10,000 already had preexisting conditions.
Now multiply that by 10, 100,1000 to represent an entire country. Then draw a pretty graph.
But hey mainstream media is selling it and the public is buying it, and the media people are running to the bank with their money in hand.
Obviously the graph will be twice as bad for the elderly. Compare 0 to 15 and 50 to 90+.
As far as Italy, that's totally government responsibility!
I have to do the math with real numbers and facts: but 1 hospital bed per 10,000+/- people: 1.5 doctors per 20,000+/- people: 1 respirator per 100,000+/- people.
Either Italians are extremely healthy or they have a super piss poor healthcare system!!
I mean no disrespect to Italians, only to your government for not meeting your needs in time of healthcare crisis.
