Funny thing, your rhetoric is just like CNN, NBC, PBS, etc. You ought to join them because you can really fling that hyperbole, fright and fear. Gosh, you nearly had me shivering in my boots. Your life must be miserable right now. I feel really sorry for you.
The reporting of deaths from this virus is greatly distorted. The two studies from Stanford and USC show that the virus was here long before the shutdown, and it was spreading throughout the population. Given your great fear, it must be that you are over 65, have a heart condition, a lung condition, or other diminution in your ability to fight any disease. So I feel sorry for you and hope that you recover soon.
Meanwhile, for the younger and healthier population, the rate of death is quite low. Everyday we face danger. The best example I give is driving to work or even to visit friends. How many of you drive over the speed limit? Those who go to work, how many take risks, such as construction, coal mining, etc. This is not a riskless world, particularly when it comes to earning a living.
The "deaths" are over-reported by CNN and the like. The "cases" are over-reported in such as way as to make people like you shiver in your boots, and cower in fear. The "cases" are merely an observation similar to what the Stanford and USC studies have shown. The coronavirus has spread throughout the population in many states, such as California, Texas, New York, etc., especially those which had Chinese visitors. A large fraction of the population has contracted that virus and found it of no consequence.
Given your fear, you must have a bad heart condition or similar. Well, suppose you got the Covid, and you passed away, did you die from Covid or the heart condition? The hospitals are getting large sums of money from the slush fund if they report a Covid death. In reality, normal deaths are being attributed to Covid.
If we got the deaths properly measured, we then need to determine the actual number of "cases" in society. The Stanford and USC studies suggest that a large fraction of the population has already encountered the virus, and has not been impacted to any significant degree. Thus, the death rate is quite low.
Unfortunately, CNN, PBS, etc., have a political motivation to instill fear into you. And you have drunk the kool-aid and are shivering in your boots. Too bad. In that condition you become a useful tool of authoritarian control. It is interesting that China has effectively quelled all riots in Hong Kong, and has taken over control of that area. The fear goes along with authoritarian control.
Frankly, I am not interested in living my life in fear and under the authoritarian control of an over-reaching government. In California, the governor actually shut down the beaches! Give the man an inch and he takes a mile. However, the golf courses are open and freedom loving people are playing golf in droves, without masks, and perfectly happy. Not much danger there. We seem to come back day in and day out. The courses are packed. We feel sorry for the fearful masked people.
It is true. For older people like you who have a compromised immune system, you have a right to be fearful. Go ahead, wear your mask, and stay indoors -- forever. After all, the virus is not going to disappear any time soon. We can slip food to you under the door. What are you going to do when your savings run out, since you cannot work anymore for fear of the virus? Who will slip your food under the door?
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