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Mersky

(4,969 posts)
59. If this were the flu, half a person would have died at this point - far less than 22.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 02:38 PM
Mar 2020

Is why public education, competent governance, and faithful leadership is so important. tRump’s tweet is like the hucksterism that lands people with poor oil and gas lease terms when they are lead to think that a 1/16 share is worth more than 1/4. He was likely given sheets of numbers and statistics then knowingly cobbled this together to sell a fraud of life and death consequences to the general public. Certainly, some of his underlings know the truth, and shame on them for letting the pResident present these figures in this way.

From his stated numbers, 22 deaths for 546 confirmed cases is a 4.0% death rate. If this coronovirus was the common flu with a 0.1% death rate*, then only half of one person (.546) would be dead at this point.

22 Coronavirus deaths vs .5 flu deaths - that’s the real comparison that the pResident of the United States should care about.

Twitter should pull his tweet.

Now, all this said, it is hopefully early in its spread and with more/better testing the 4% death rate should fall some. The pResident hiding the truth isn’t helping the public understand how to handle this disease.


*Retrieved this rate from Wikipedia (3/9/20 @ 12:32 pm CT), as tRump’s numbers do not reflect the reality he’s intentionally withholding. Need to note that I rounded down and kept it at half a person, to make the relative magnitude more relatable - still more accurate than what the pResident is suggesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_disease_case_fatality_rates

What does ANY responsible parent do when the kid won't play nicely with his toys? calimary Mar 2020 #1
He's endangering lives. This is hard to believe in a 'president'. spanone Mar 2020 #3
+1 denem Mar 2020 #18
They should have down that years ago. Certainly when he hit the 10,000 lies mark. usaf-vet Mar 2020 #33
He is a sick and dangerous person Pachamama Mar 2020 #2
Because we have a GD vaccine for it, you moron. Not to mention some minimal carry-over hlthe2b Mar 2020 #4
He knows more than the doctors... spanone Mar 2020 #5
He has a natural ability for science .... he should have been a doctor. Botany Mar 2020 #12
Yeah, idiots forget about developed antibodies and immunity. Farmer-Rick Mar 2020 #28
WHO still reporting 3.4% overall worldwide. Obviously higher in the highest risk groups. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #40
Latest Numbers ... aggiesal Mar 2020 #52
He is echoing ScratchCat Mar 2020 #6
Echoing ignorant Americans edhopper Mar 2020 #20
Also *influencing* What they are thinking. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #37
He's right, no schools or universities have shut down, and SXSW didn't shut down, either, so Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #7
Yeah and the stock market is doing fine and our economy is grrrreat. Farmer-Rick Mar 2020 #30
What he's failing to account for ... Whiskeytide Mar 2020 #8
So if Trump believes it is so harmless, wnylib Mar 2020 #27
Yeah, Trump's such a baby. The Chinese president visited the quarantined. He wasn't afraid Farmer-Rick Mar 2020 #34
He wouldn't even go to the CDC office when there was a suspicion that one employee Tanuki Mar 2020 #41
So he is just as fearful about wnylib Mar 2020 #48
I've worked with people that were sick many times and never worried about it much. Never brewens Mar 2020 #29
Yeah, they develop pulmonary fibrosis. dhol82 Mar 2020 #31
I hope this means he's at the bargaining phase blogslut Mar 2020 #9
That's like saying millions of people die every year, so why outlaw crack and heroin? world wide wally Mar 2020 #10
Exactly Farmer-Rick Mar 2020 #35
Good God in Butter Botany Mar 2020 #11
Italy 7375 cases today from 3 or so on Feb 22 Jarqui Mar 2020 #14
One of "things" that makes this disease so insidious is that you can spread the disease for ... Botany Mar 2020 #15
and that it can be transmitted so easily Jarqui Mar 2020 #16
Twenty Fifth Amendment Time #TFA N/T Julian English Mar 2020 #13
Way past time IMHO spanone Mar 2020 #17
That works out to a 4% death rate Victor_c3 Mar 2020 #19
yep, think about that! AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #26
a lump of coal would be a better president rurallib Mar 2020 #21
Hmmm Smackdown2019 Mar 2020 #22
Nearly 40,000 people die every year jayschool2013 Mar 2020 #23
Imagine how many would die from the flu if millions didn't get flu shots. Mr.Bill Mar 2020 #24
The corona virus is roughly 34 times as deadly as the common flu. Sloumeau Mar 2020 #25
Actually I need this explained... lame54 Mar 2020 #32
Covid-19 is a lot more contagious and deadly, and we don't have a vaccine for it. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #46
I can't take that to them... lame54 Mar 2020 #49
That's like saying I don't believe a tsunami is coming until it washes over me. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #50
Now thats a good approach lame54 Mar 2020 #51
I feel like this guy, warning his neighbors that a tsunami is coming, then sobbing as they die. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #62
Hospital staff resources and ICU bed space Duncan Grant Mar 2020 #54
They attribute that to the hype... lame54 Mar 2020 #55
I hope you're not working at a nuclear power plant. Duncan Grant Mar 2020 #57
Don't kid yourself... lame54 Mar 2020 #58
Trump's influence is not truly frightening. There is no Republican Party in my state. Duncan Grant Mar 2020 #60
See my comment, #59 Mersky Mar 2020 #61
Nothing says calm like D_Master81 Mar 2020 #36
And the coronavirus fatality rate is up to 34 times higher. So a year from now pnwmom Mar 2020 #38
Wait until someone tells him he could get... moonseller66 Mar 2020 #39
Ground Zero Traildogbob Mar 2020 #42
Apples and oranges, Idiot. 🤬 Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 #43
He is lying about the numbers of course. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #44
Precisely. spanone Mar 2020 #45
This is worse than having no one at the helm. LudwigPastorius Mar 2020 #47
37000 dead is cool...37001 is not? Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #53
Not a word of condolences for the victims. The man is soul-less. 100% spanone Mar 2020 #56
If this were the flu, half a person would have died at this point - far less than 22. Mersky Mar 2020 #59
Twitter is now majority owned by some one named Elliott. Big right winger. slater71 Mar 2020 #63
Next up.......? Suspension of election in Nivember. N/T 7wo7rees Mar 2020 #64
what part of THERE IS NO CORONAVIRUS VACCINE does he not understand Skittles Mar 2020 #65
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