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Your novel coronavirus stats as of this morning (figures from the CDC):
132,567 known cases worldwide
1,600 known cases in the USA
47 of the 50 states have confirmed cases plus DC
4,947 known deaths caused by the virus worldwide
41 known deaths caused by the virus in the USA
In my neck of the woods:
Tennessee has 18 known cases; Georgia, 32 with 1 known
death.
North Carolina has 15; Virginia has 18.
I repeat - 41 deaths in the USA to date nationwide.
As in a "festive" weekend in Chicago's crime-ridden southside, where they kill one another by the handful with great regularity.
By way of comparison, the influenza season has claimed an estimated 10,000 lives this winter, following up last winters' 30,000+. 19 million have had the flu this winter, with 180,000 cases requiring hospitalization.
That's regular ol' flu, y'all. The kind folks get shots to avoid usually.
Just like with the coronavirus, influenza is far and away most lethal to the sick and elderly, those poor folks with lowered immune systems.
Heck, the average age of those dying from it in the hotbed of Italy is 82. Yes, 82.
In the meantime, all we read and see on the MSM is all the closings and cancellations and runs on toilet paper(!) and hand sanitizer that goes along with the typical media hype irresponsibly working this into a frenzy.
People, I'm not saying this is not serious - it most definitely IS.
That being said, however, we already know how to combat it the best in our own daily lives, which just happens to be the exact same way you want to conduct yourself this time of
year anyways - wash your hands, keep 'em away from your face, avoid sick folks, wipe down your shopping cart at the WalMart with the provided sanitizing wipes - and stay the hell home if you're sick yourself (and that includes your dang kids, parents).
That sort of common sense stuff.
In the meantime, as usual, DON'T BUY INTO THE HYPE THE MEDIA SELLS YOU. For the love of God, stop hoarding freaking toilet paper and hand sanitizer like we're in a communist country with freaking bread lines or some such....
With some time and with the travel bans in place to parts of the world most likely to have more potential opportunities to bring more cases here, it'll work itself out soon enough.
PS: Remember H1N1 Swine flu back in 2009?
The CDC estimates that at least 43 million cases of that in the USA were confirmed (and they say that number could have actually been closer to 80 million) and we had between 8,900 and 18,000 people die from it.
Scary numbers for sure, right? Yet MSM reactions to it weren't anything like it is this time around, however - and you didn't see all the panicking you do this time, either as a result.
I'll give you three guesses why that was different - and the first two don't count.
132,567 known cases worldwide
1,600 known cases in the USA
47 of the 50 states have confirmed cases plus DC
4,947 known deaths caused by the virus worldwide
41 known deaths caused by the virus in the USA
In my neck of the woods:
Tennessee has 18 known cases; Georgia, 32 with 1 known
death.
North Carolina has 15; Virginia has 18.
I repeat - 41 deaths in the USA to date nationwide.
As in a "festive" weekend in Chicago's crime-ridden southside, where they kill one another by the handful with great regularity.
By way of comparison, the influenza season has claimed an estimated 10,000 lives this winter, following up last winters' 30,000+. 19 million have had the flu this winter, with 180,000 cases requiring hospitalization.
That's regular ol' flu, y'all. The kind folks get shots to avoid usually.
Just like with the coronavirus, influenza is far and away most lethal to the sick and elderly, those poor folks with lowered immune systems.
Heck, the average age of those dying from it in the hotbed of Italy is 82. Yes, 82.
In the meantime, all we read and see on the MSM is all the closings and cancellations and runs on toilet paper(!) and hand sanitizer that goes along with the typical media hype irresponsibly working this into a frenzy.
People, I'm not saying this is not serious - it most definitely IS.
That being said, however, we already know how to combat it the best in our own daily lives, which just happens to be the exact same way you want to conduct yourself this time of
year anyways - wash your hands, keep 'em away from your face, avoid sick folks, wipe down your shopping cart at the WalMart with the provided sanitizing wipes - and stay the hell home if you're sick yourself (and that includes your dang kids, parents).
That sort of common sense stuff.
In the meantime, as usual, DON'T BUY INTO THE HYPE THE MEDIA SELLS YOU. For the love of God, stop hoarding freaking toilet paper and hand sanitizer like we're in a communist country with freaking bread lines or some such....
With some time and with the travel bans in place to parts of the world most likely to have more potential opportunities to bring more cases here, it'll work itself out soon enough.
PS: Remember H1N1 Swine flu back in 2009?
The CDC estimates that at least 43 million cases of that in the USA were confirmed (and they say that number could have actually been closer to 80 million) and we had between 8,900 and 18,000 people die from it.
Scary numbers for sure, right? Yet MSM reactions to it weren't anything like it is this time around, however - and you didn't see all the panicking you do this time, either as a result.
I'll give you three guesses why that was different - and the first two don't count.
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