According to CDC as of today, there are 6 deaths associated with COVID-19 in Washington state. One was 50 years old and had recently returned from China. Another death is of a patient from an assisted living facility. The total number of verified cases of COVID-19 infection in the US as of today stands at 100 TOTAL. Most who get sick recover. Deaths are usually associated with the elderly who have comorbidity states.
Let's put this all in perspective. The US estimates for Influenza are 310,000 - 560,000 hospitalizations and over 18,000 deaths during this Flu season of 2019 and 2020. More than 480,000 deaths annually in the US from tobacco related Illnesses. Hepatitis C kills over 10,000 with 1,000 needing liver transplants every year. Hepatitis B infects over 3,000 Americans every year with more than 2 million being chronically infected. 5,000 people a year in the US die from chronic hep B disease. The worldwide numbers are 257 million people have chronic hepB infection leading to over 850,000 deaths a year.
So, taking in the whole picture, this COVID-19 outbreak is nothing as compared to other infectious diseases that kill millions every year. But, you won't hear anything, if rarely, on the news about those real epidemics. We need to step back and not be so quick to jump on the panic bandwagon. We have good policies in place to control the spread of infectious disease here in the US. POTUS is not worried and neither am I.
I understand your concerns Patriot. I work in health care and we are not overly concerned as compared to all the news hype. And that includes alternative platforms. In fact, no protocols have been instituted other than normal infectious disease controls already in place for Influenza, TB, and the like. There are much scarier bugs we worry about.
We have good controls here in the US. I am afraid that the crisis is being manufaoctured to create panic. Many, like myself, are coming out and saying just that. There are other agendas going on behind the scenes. We do not live in those countries taking advantage of their situations to remove those they have labeled as trouble makers.
This crisis is DS ammunition and they are running low. They used a big gun with this crisis and it is running out of steam. Chinese companies are going back to work. Worry about the vaccines being made for this more than getting infected. That is where the real concern lies.
It should also be noted that Hong Kong was not quarantined like Wuhan was, and protesting occurred in both regions.
Wuhan & the Diamond Princess were quarantined and 5g was just installed city-wide and the ship probably had 5g too. I wonder if the 5g caused radiation poisoning instead as it shares the same symptoms as the common flu.
I heard that the ship also had 5G. The symptoms are very easily confused with the flu. Except for the bleeding. I saw several videos out of China where people were laying in blood. Hmmm...
Hard to say what was really happening in China. I am not sure we will ever know for sure. There are a lot of moving pieces to all of this and we are not in the loop. And that is probably a good thing.
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mac1221 ago
According to CDC as of today, there are 6 deaths associated with COVID-19 in Washington state. One was 50 years old and had recently returned from China. Another death is of a patient from an assisted living facility. The total number of verified cases of COVID-19 infection in the US as of today stands at 100 TOTAL. Most who get sick recover. Deaths are usually associated with the elderly who have comorbidity states.
Let's put this all in perspective. The US estimates for Influenza are 310,000 - 560,000 hospitalizations and over 18,000 deaths during this Flu season of 2019 and 2020. More than 480,000 deaths annually in the US from tobacco related Illnesses. Hepatitis C kills over 10,000 with 1,000 needing liver transplants every year. Hepatitis B infects over 3,000 Americans every year with more than 2 million being chronically infected. 5,000 people a year in the US die from chronic hep B disease. The worldwide numbers are 257 million people have chronic hepB infection leading to over 850,000 deaths a year.
So, taking in the whole picture, this COVID-19 outbreak is nothing as compared to other infectious diseases that kill millions every year. But, you won't hear anything, if rarely, on the news about those real epidemics. We need to step back and not be so quick to jump on the panic bandwagon. We have good policies in place to control the spread of infectious disease here in the US. POTUS is not worried and neither am I.
gamepwn ago
It's not the virus I'm worried about. It's the containment measures. I hope you are right.
mac1221 ago
I understand your concerns Patriot. I work in health care and we are not overly concerned as compared to all the news hype. And that includes alternative platforms. In fact, no protocols have been instituted other than normal infectious disease controls already in place for Influenza, TB, and the like. There are much scarier bugs we worry about.
We have good controls here in the US. I am afraid that the crisis is being manufaoctured to create panic. Many, like myself, are coming out and saying just that. There are other agendas going on behind the scenes. We do not live in those countries taking advantage of their situations to remove those they have labeled as trouble makers.
This crisis is DS ammunition and they are running low. They used a big gun with this crisis and it is running out of steam. Chinese companies are going back to work. Worry about the vaccines being made for this more than getting infected. That is where the real concern lies.
MilitaryTribunals ago
It should also be noted that Hong Kong was not quarantined like Wuhan was, and protesting occurred in both regions.
Wuhan & the Diamond Princess were quarantined and 5g was just installed city-wide and the ship probably had 5g too. I wonder if the 5g caused radiation poisoning instead as it shares the same symptoms as the common flu.
mac1221 ago
I heard that the ship also had 5G. The symptoms are very easily confused with the flu. Except for the bleeding. I saw several videos out of China where people were laying in blood. Hmmm...
MilitaryTribunals ago
Well there were videos of officers in hazmat garb locking/loading firearms. Heard those cause bleeding.
mac1221 ago
Hard to say what was really happening in China. I am not sure we will ever know for sure. There are a lot of moving pieces to all of this and we are not in the loop. And that is probably a good thing.
MilitaryTribunals ago
Agreed and may never find out context of videos. Its not even clear when the videos occurred.
mac1221 ago
Yes you are right. They are trying to play us. The US isn't the only place where Fake News takes place. LOL
MilitaryTribunals ago
True that!