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originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: M4ngo
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report – 69 March 29, 2020
Globally
634 835 confirmed (63 159)
29 891 deaths (3398)
From the time you pulled your numbers to the time I made this post those figures have updated to:
worldometers
So we grew 125502 cases and 6971 deaths, that's an increase of 19.769% and 25.923% respectively.
The coronaviruses that cause the common cold are endemic alpha- and betacoronaviruses:
The alphacoronaviruses HCoV-NL63 and -229E and the betacoronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and -HKU1 are established human pathogens. They are responsible for episodes of common cold in humans worldwide (Annan et al., 2016; Graat et al., 2003; Mackay et al., 2012; Owusu et al., 2014; van Elden et al., 2004).
Hosts and Sources of Endemic Human Coronaviruses
endemic
Pronunciation /enˈdemik/ /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/
adjective
1(of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
‘complacency is endemic in industry today’
‘areas where malaria is endemic’
Lexico
The virus that causes Covid19 is a new virus to humans, and due to that fact no one has any antibodies for the virus. It is more closely related to SARS and MERS than it is to the common cold:
Other human coronaviruses
MERS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)
SARS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS)
SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19)
Human Coronavirus Types - CDC
It is far more transmissible than either SARS or MERS, however.
originally posted by: CIAGypsy
a reply to: EnigmaChaser
Now you've just jumped the shark... An "I don't know" would have sufficed....
originally posted by: CIAGypsy
Good conversation...and interesting. Just a couple of comments -
1. You will never determine the *real* number of infected unless you test every single person in the world. This is an unrealistic expectation that will never happen.... This is also no different than any other potential disease. The difference here is what is being REPORTED.
2. For the sake of argument, let's say they DID test every single person and determine a figure...would you trust it? I wouldn't... Too many ways that "junk data" could be entered into the system which might skew results.
3. At the end of the day, this really boils down to an emotional response (i.e throwing trillions of dollars at businesses, people, and, yes...special interests) instead of....doing what? What would have been the "logical" approach?
4. A few people have mentioned mass hysteria. There's a lot of legacy research around mass hysteria and manipulation of the masses to create mass hysteria. Has anyone actually made the correlations to support the theory proposed here that this is a contrived event? Don't get me wrong...I *do* believe this virus is genetically modified. I don't believe it just happened on its own in the wild... But that also lends to reasonable questions of "why?," "was it released on purpose?," and "if on purpose, what was the intended strategic outcome?" All of the responses to those questions are ALSO speculative because no one has any....data....to prove it one way or another.
originally posted by: EnigmaChaser
originally posted by: UKTruth
Erm, Oregan only has 411 positive tests and 11 dead.
It's not surprising thy are doing OK.
Correct. So why are they wanting another 1000 hospital beds and causing fear amongst the populace?
Can’t control them if they’re not scared. If you tell the truth, they won’t be scared, and you can’t control them.
originally posted by: schmae
This is a completely unreported fact in the US right now. It's absolutely relevant and no one discusses it. There is a literal epidemic right now in this country of FLU. Most folks who are going for testing with ' covid' symptoms are getting negative tests because they have' just the flu'. It must mean something. I posted this in another thread a few days ago but it's meaningless in certain circles.
''Based on National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) mortality surveillance data available on March 26, 2020, 7.4% of the deaths occurring during the week ending March 7, 2020 (week 11) were due to P&I. This percentage isabove the epidemic thresholdof 7.3% for week 11.''
''CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 39 million flu illnesses, 400,000 hospitalizations and 24,000 deaths from flu.''
''rates for the U.S. population overall are higher than most recent seasons and rates for children 0-4 years and adults 18-49 years are the highest CDC has on record for these age groups, surpassing rates reported during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Hospitalization rates for school-aged children (5-17 years) are higher than any recent regular season but remain lower than rates experienced by this age group during the pandemic.''
www.cdc.gov...
originally posted by: bloodymarvelous
Yeah. But the death count will probably be accurate. Everyone who dies dies of some form of lung failure, so even just going off suspected cases, we can get a good count.
Also something like 60% of cases are so mild they don't get reported start to finish. It's like they never happened (including being "like it never happened" from the perspective of the person to whom it did happen.)
originally posted by: bloodymarvelous
Clearly the goal was economic meltdown.
A crashed economy is the quickest gateway to a totalitarian takeover.
.......However another possibility is a superpower like Russia wanting to grow its position on the world stage. They start an oil feud with the Saudis right around the same time as a virus gets unleashed on both China and the USA......
And to date, fewer than ten people in Russia have died from it.
originally posted by: bloodymarvelous
Still, I think Bilderbergers is a more likely suspect. All the news outlets that attend that meeting appeared to be ready, on que, with a script, all telling the same story.
They are losing control of the American political system, so "strike while the iron is hot", to get rid of the election system altogether. Stop letting the people decide stuff.
originally posted by: schmae
Wouldn't the cdc numbers be from positive flu tests?
Yes, everyone we know was sick as could be from Nov - Jan. Tests negative for flu.
We had coughing injuries that had to be adjusted by the chiropractor. The coughing
went on and on and on.
I wonder if any of the negative Covid tests subsequently test positive for flu or if they just go
home and don't bother knowing what they actually had.
originally posted by: CIAGypsy
originally posted by: schmae
Wouldn't the cdc numbers be from positive flu tests?
Yes, everyone we know was sick as could be from Nov - Jan. Tests negative for flu.
We had coughing injuries that had to be adjusted by the chiropractor. The coughing
went on and on and on.
I wonder if any of the negative Covid tests subsequently test positive for flu or if they just go
home and don't bother knowing what they actually had.
I've often speculated whether the COVID tests are positive for *any* coronavirus and not just COVID-19....