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Getting realistic about the coronavirus death rate
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostMeanwhile, Biden is stumbling through an answer about COVID being political, without challenging the premise that it is, indeed, political.
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As far as fatalities world wide it is well documented that the actual fatalities are much greater than the reported numbers. It is documented that in China the actual fatalities are double the reported, for example the number of burial urns ordered are more than two times the reported casualties in Wuhan. Fear of extreme measures by the government has caused many localities to not disclose deaths due to COVID-19. Brazil and Russia greatly under reported the fatalities and downplayed the pandemic for political reasons.Worldwide there are cultural stigmas and fear based denial of COVID-19 The USA has done better; but early in the pandemic the fatality rate was under reported due to the overwhelming casualty rate in the large cities like New York. There were also many cases under not diagnosed, because COVID-19 was not well known, especially the elderly. The USA can probably back track to improve the figures for fatalities, but the under count in other countries will not be corrected by those in power..Last edited by shunyadragon; 07-01-2020, 08:50 AM.Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:
go with the flow the river knows . . .
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View PostAs far as fatalities world wide it is well documented that the actual fatalities are much greater than the reported numbers. It is documented that in China the actual fatalities are double the reported, for example the number of burial urns ordered are more than two times the reported casualties in Wuhan. Fear of extreme measures by the government has caused many localities to not disclose deaths due to COVID-19. Brazil and Russia greatly under reported the fatalities and downplayed the pandemic for political reasons.Worldwide there are cultural stigmas and fear based denial of COVID-19 The USA has done better; but early in the pandemic the fatality rate was under reported due to the overwhelming casualty rate in the large cities like New York. There were also many cases under not diagnosed, because COVID-19 was not well known, especially the elderly. The USA can probably back track to improve the figures for fatalities, but the under count in other countries will not be corrected by those in power..The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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