Amid the dire Covid warnings, one crucial fact has been largely ignored: Cases are down 77% over the past six weeks. If a medication slashed cases by 77%, we’d call it a miracle pill. Why is the number of cases plummeting much faster than experts predicted?
In large part because natural immunity from prior infection is far more common than can be measured by testing. Testing has been capturing only from 10% to 25% of infections, depending on when during the pandemic someone got the virus. Applying a time-weighted case capture average of 1 in 6.5 to the cumulative 28 million confirmed cases would mean about 55% of Americans have natural immunity.
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Like all viruses it's burned through the most vulnerable the left over population is harder to infect. The transmission numbers were never as drastic as originally feared. Sheltering in place and masks didn't stop it in the general population either. However now that the govt has been able to impose the "pandemic" restrictions today they will surely to it again tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI fully believe that future cost benefit calcs will show that we nuked part of the economy and killed people with the lock downs in excess of the COVID deaths.
I fully believe that future cost benefit calcs will show that we nuked part of the economy and killed people with the lock downs in excess of the COVID deaths.
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The recent "drop" in new cases is the result of throwing out false positives that experts said should have been thrown out from the beginning. The current case results are a return to reality.
ReplyDeleteBut in this case reality doesn't matter - obedience and following arbitrary and ever changing government mandates is the goal.
obedience and following arbitrary and ever changing government mandates is the goal.
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I have stated this previously.... The numbers of people presenting to my ER who are symptomatic for possible COVID has PLUMMETED in the past month. This "Plannedemic" is OVER. But those in power will NEVER admit that because they have zero intentions of ever relinquishing the power and control they seized using the virus as an excuse.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update.
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