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obslop

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Also, why do you think that is? Are medical professionals not communicating this adequately? Are federal, state, and local officials not communicating this idea? Or do you think it's more a function of uncertainty?
it's a combination of the following factors:

poor educational system in America
the concept of "fake news"
politicians using the virus for messaging
inability of most Americans to "do their homework" and learn about the threat
and most critically the botched messaging from the Federal government

when the "oh sh!t" moment hits; it'll be too late.
 

the janitor

Tom Curren status
Mar 28, 2003
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Conversely, I doubt we have an accurate measure of the absolute number of people that have the virus, so the percentages being throw around regarding the critical care and mortality rates could be way off.
 

obslop

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people that are closely following the data are saying:

41,000 total cases and 549 deaths based on our current mortality rate IN 5 DAYS.

imagine what that looks like in 30 days.
 
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the janitor

Tom Curren status
Mar 28, 2003
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people that are closely following the data are saying:

41,000 total cases and 549 deaths based on our current mortality rate IN 5 DAYS.

imagine what that looks like in 30 days.
maybe, also possible that the data is off and the fatality rate is lower. Early data and info is often fuzzy under the best of circumstances. We are not under the best of circumstances and most of the early data we have is from China.
 

obslop

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true but we work with the data we have

in hindsight the piece meal approach to this crisis without a direct, all encompassing shut down ordered by the Federal government at the outset will be deemed responsible for 1000s of deaths.
 
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everysurfer

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