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Salviati

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17. Compared to 128,000 deaths a year it is.

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 10:50 PM

Feb 2021

That's the rate we'd be looking at if fatalities continued at the rate that they were in the 70's. One should not be so dour that one cannot appreciate real progress against a difficult problem. This is good news for the 90,000+ people who are not killed each year. It is a tragedy for the family and loved ones of the 35,000 who still die in auto crashes each year, but the fact that we know who is in this group, and we do not know who is in the group who are not killed each year doesn't mean that the improvement is not good news, it just means we still have more work to do.

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"Why Some Covid 19 Numbers Are Improving". [View all] Stuart G Feb 2021 OP

We have become desensitized to high daily death rates. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #1

THANK YOU for your comment. Not good news to me..Less Deaths is that "Good News? Stuart G Feb 2021 #3

I don't think 35,000 deaths a year is good news. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #5

Compared to 128,000 deaths a year it is. Salviati Feb 2021 #17

It still is a lot of people per year killed on the road. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #19

It is. But we've made progress, and that progress is good news. Salviati Feb 2021 #21

There still is no plausible explanation for why cases are coming down so dramatically nt Shermann Feb 2021 #2

Of course there is a plausible explanation...people who are well, are not getting close to..ANYONE!! Stuart G Feb 2021 #4

Those of us who have stayed well, have done so by taking action. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #41

Vaccinated people Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #11

My explanation is a little bit brutal. Scruffy1 Feb 2021 #20

The peak was a couple weeks after Christmas. Holiday get togethers were a killer. Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #26

Bingo! BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #27

Not really...exponential growth started in September and actually slowed during the holidays nt Shermann Feb 2021 #31

Really. The new cases declined from Nov 25th to Dec 1st muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #36

I didn't say there was no holiday effect Shermann Feb 2021 #37

...and the cold weather uptick starting in the fall was expected. Lucky Luciano Feb 2021 #39

In my area of Michigan, people are really being good about mask wearing and distancing. roamer65 Feb 2021 #43

CDC came on and gave this explanation of the declining corona cases.. Maxheader Feb 2021 #6

Just 4 words: "Masks" and " Social Distancing" ...Not complicated.? Is it? Stuart G Feb 2021 #7

If only we had had Joe around when this all started.. Maxheader Feb 2021 #8

K and R...post 8...Please read "POST 8" Stuart G Feb 2021 #9

So true. :''''( electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #30

Wondering if there is now a lower proportion of antimaskers. JudyM Feb 2021 #12

I'm not convinced there has been a big change in use of masks and social distances Steelrolled Feb 2021 #13

I agree 100% Shermann Feb 2021 #32

One thing to point out frazzled Feb 2021 #10

on MSNBC this afternoon a man named Peter Hotez KarenS Feb 2021 #14

A doctor I have seen a lot on MSNBC said the same thing. BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #28

A lot of people that were TheFarseer Feb 2021 #15

I think the "A lot of people have had it already" is a little discussed factor greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #16

I have heard that also TheFarseer Feb 2021 #22

It's common sense. LisaL Feb 2021 #23

NY death numbers in March-May 2020 alone suggest much, much higher infection rate greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #25

The uncounted cases don't get us to herd immunity Shermann Feb 2021 #33

No, but they probably get us to highly reduced spread, which was the claim greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #40

Sanjay Gupta of CNN thinks the same DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #44

That's still nowhere near herd immunity Shermann Feb 2021 #46

Deaths are a lagging indicator DeminPennswoods Feb 2021 #18

We don't know what will happen when the variants hit. LisaL Feb 2021 #24

The deaths are still way to high, but in Los Angeles the numbers are finally improving. C Moon Feb 2021 #29

it's bloody awful but most people can't comprehend that much death LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #34

The headline you object to says "some". And you've picked out just one of the figures. muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #35

It Also Says This ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #38

Wonder how the upcoming choie Feb 2021 #42

According to the Worldometer we're not at 3K deaths / day anymore. Initech Feb 2021 #45