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2020-09-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Covid kills one million worldwide: Coronavirus has now spread to 210 countries infecting at least 32 million people across the globe as Europe is gripped by second wave

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 "gripped". Typical overblown fearmongering headline.

A disease that 99.997% of those under 20 survive, and 99.98% of those 20-49 survive, 99.5^ of those 50-69 survive, and only the 70+ are at very high risk at 94.7%. And this does not even account for the health issues in the US like Obesity, Diabetes and heart/lung disease. If you are otherwise healthy, the numbers are even better than that.

32 million. Thas roughly 6400 possible fatalities below 50 or so, or maybe as many as 9,000 depending on the age distribution - and discounts the newer treatments and modalities for managing the disease, like not blowing up and damagining their lungs with a ventilator like the US was doing in NY.

The majority of cases never even show symptoms. And the disease itself is mutating to become more easily spread but less acute and less deadly, as predicted.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-09-28 00:51|| 2020-09-28 00:51|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Denialists gotta deny

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-28 02:49|| 2020-09-28 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 and fearmongering totalitarians...

Posted by Frank G 2020-09-28 04:36|| 2020-09-28 04:36|| Front Page Top

#4 ^Two bolivars, tops.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-28 04:42|| 2020-09-28 04:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Gosh if you thought he had a hardon for lockdown for COVID just wait until he sees how much more dangerous FLU is currently!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-28 05:23|| 2020-09-28 05:23|| Front Page Top

#6 I guess the gutter language is just doing what comes natural.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-28 05:45|| 2020-09-28 05:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Well it's exasperation after seeing how tricky basic logic is for some.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-28 06:31|| 2020-09-28 06:31|| Front Page Top

#8 basic logic

Based on the reptile brain?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-28 06:37|| 2020-09-28 06:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Grandma Killer Cuomo did his part to beef up the statistics.

Sure would like to see stats on the flu someday (if they are not fraudulently marked as COVID).

Posted by Clem 2020-09-28 07:04|| 2020-09-28 07:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Further to #1 -

The age group of my grandchildren (0-24) contributed 0.22% of the deaths with an average of 2.82 comorbidities. My children's group (35-44) added 2.02% with an average of 2.66 comorbidities. My age group (65-74) kicked in 21.43% with 2.96 comorbidities. Over 75 (74-85 and 85+) have 57.59% with 2.88 and 2.68 comorbidities.

Deaths across all age groups have 2.66 to 2.96 comorbidities - remarkably consistent, IMHO.

I do not take this lightly, being in this this next group, but 79% of the deaths are folks over 65.

The most common cormorbidities are other (including at least 23 codes), pneumonia, and respiratory failure. For my kids and grandkids, obesity if fourth most common, and hypertension in my age group.

This is all very boring for my family, because they didn't read it in the media, (or it's too much information) but it's all out there, at the CDC site.

Posted by Bobby 2020-09-28 07:22|| 2020-09-28 07:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Bars close for a week in Marseille as French hospitals put scheduled operations on hold to free up space for growing number of Covid patients

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-28 09:59|| 2020-09-28 09:59|| Front Page Top

#12 Total social lockdown for London and the North? Government plans to shut pubs and restaurants for two weeks and ban all households from mixing indoors if Covid cases do not fall, but 'didn't reveal option last week because 'the nation wasn't ready''

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-28 10:03|| 2020-09-28 10:03|| Front Page Top

#13 Netanyahu: Mistakes were made, economy and school system opened to quickly

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-28 10:09|| 2020-09-28 10:09|| Front Page Top

#14 Israel closes all non-essential businesses including open-air markets and limits prayer meetings as Covid cases continue to soar

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-28 10:17|| 2020-09-28 10:17|| Front Page Top

#15 Cases...

Who will resign and be sacked if it's another shamdemic of under-utilised healthcare and a suicided economy when the second wave does not appear?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-28 12:06|| 2020-09-28 12:06|| Front Page Top

#16 And Daily Mail is gonna Daily Mail.

32 million, that's a big number.

For the year 1800. Sort of. That's still 3.2% with a population of 1 billion. But sure, burn the house to swat the spider.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-09-28 13:26|| 2020-09-28 13:26|| Front Page Top

#17 How is one gripped by a wave?

"...Covid cases continue to soar." Mebbe the wind will take 'm.

The latest from your supermarket checkout line: "It was a dark and stormy tabloid. ~~Grond~~ The Daily Wail rolled on. DOOM, DOOM, DOOM boomed the front page."

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Posted by JHH 2020-09-28 16:46|| 2020-09-28 16:46|| Front Page Top

#18 A Dispatch from Their Lordships, or, Putting the "lead" in "leadership"

Small business was clutching its throat,
In irons, afire, barely afloat...
"Please stay home and skulk
In your comfortable hulk,
For we're all in the very same boat."

Posted by Tarzan Clomble7410 2020-09-28 18:52|| 2020-09-28 18:52|| Front Page Top

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