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Old 05-15-2020, 03:15 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by garysanfran View Post
For the "normal", yearly flu? We all got shots for.

The "normal" flu season kills anywhere from 30K to 65K people per year? Historically.

Where are the separate statistics for those cases? I'm thinkin' you can't trust China and you can't trust USA statistics...Actually you can't trust anyone in an election year with a major health issue, or even a minor issue.

Most people will make their decision in November on mailers they get within one week of the vote.
I'm pretty sure we're in the neighborhood of 100K and still climbing quickly on COVID-19 if that's what you're getting at--well beyond the normal flu that some were referencing several weeks ago.

I agree on the statistics being misunderstood and/or manipulated, especially since so many of the deceased were not tested before or after they died. One set of important numbers are the total incremental deaths this year.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ng-deaths.html
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