NEW YORK — An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter— the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, revealed the total in an interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press.
Flu experts knew it was a very bad season, but at least one found size of the estimate surprising.
“That’s huge,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert. The tally was nearly twice as much as what health officials previously considered a bad year, he said.
Your chart is behind the curve, there were 368 deaths in Italy yesterday…
The folks In charge are getting nervous about what’s happening in Italy and trying to anticipate the curve.
These types of things will always be used to promote an agenda I dont have one I just thought I would post a little of what was actually going on down at the level that mattered you know the people who save lives level not the stupid shit about the empty grocery store shelves…
There is something you should learn about political processes.
the quest of the politician is to determine the concerns (aka worries) of the electorate and then pander to them so that the electorate will vote for them next time.
Countries’ borders are controlled by the same politicians who want your vote next time, so if other people (countries) are doing it there had better be a powerful reason to not do the same.
the CCP is doing it because they dare not lose face on the world stage.
the world’s largest companies are doing it because no-one really knows, and they don’t want a class-action lawsuit somewhere up the road because they (the company) did not adequately consider and attempt to protect their employees’ interests.,
the media hype is what drives the concerns of the voters.
is Trump buying the media hype? Well that is interesting because he is definitely in the ‘at risk’ age group, but also he has not finished draining the Swamp and so he really wants more time. The Swamp is fighting back really hard if you hadn’t noticed.
This is long but worth it…
China is over it - UN is dropping Covid19 out of the sky - Election cancelled???
5G linkss - Switzerland and Israel have cancelled 5g rollout
Do you really think that closing schools, restaurants, etc. destroying small business is appropriate in the US with the current statistics? Th US is turning into a country of weenies afraid of the dark.
It’s a virus it won’t go away. It will mutate like the flu and the common cold. Like the flu, some may die from it.
Fake news? No stupid reaction by our media and people.
That old and at-risk people should self isolate for an extraordinary amount of time … 12 weeks
That if anyone in your household develops a temperature and persistent cough then the whole family should self-isolate for 14 days.
That all unnecessary travel should be avoided, including “going out for social reasons” but not including food shopping and not including for exercise … but keep your distance.
There was no mention of coercion, nor fines.
Virgin Atlantic have shut down a lot of their operations and have laid off staff for two months.
That chart is deaths per day
However I just heard (from the BBC, so it must be true) that there are now 800 cases in ICU in Italy.
edit: for those who do not know, Boris Johnson is the UK Prime Minister
A wonderful life in Colorado, all bars and restaurants closed for 30 days.
Ski areas all closed. Most schools in the cities. The kids in the out back are pissed as schools still on for them.
Grocery stores are open from 7am-8pm. Not that they have much to sell.
Gone: all frozen fruit, vegs, potatoes, all boxed meals, mac and cheese, rice, peanut butter, frozen meats, canned meats, that is life in Colorado today. Our esteemed governors heart gos out to the affected workers. I think your hoarders are not doing a great job of hoarding of TP is only missing.
Meanwhile in Wyoming, life goes on with no closures.
The route of corona infection may be more contact (direct and indirect) than airborne.
But mass media is touting the latter because it permits panic mongering more readily.
In other words, you may be safe to stroll the Wuhan market as long as you don’t touch anything. (I don’t recommend that, though). Thus the importance of washing hands and clothes.
That’s why the Chinese are spraying the streets and buildings because they learned that the pathogens can stay on the surface of various items for X number of days.
