Thread by @ncdave4life

@fishyfish67 @JohnDublin10 @Narvuntien @ScienceJustWins @6lennybravo @LouisCy72344053 @biffmack @jpgcrowley @aSinister @glinch72 @d_e_mol @ChrisBBacon3 @robhon_ @MarshallCd @Michael_D_Crow @Zed0alpha @brandondaly2018 @Jaisans @OyVeyIzhMir @TheDisproof @OnTheRo02233965 @themiwi @DawnTJ90 @RushhourP @hardtimehardta1 @SZOMB @gjcats @Michael_56 @insane_voice @BradSchrag @guitarwombat @mikeslastword @FriendsOScience @CanadianSence @davidbroadley @MikeDel21893959 @GeraldKutney @IngersolRobert @JimFish56837379 @SGMTrailbuilder @Mika_Hugs @Barrtecforever @ponycar06 @donahugh216 @Pylon54 @Barbarajdurkin @BySpoke @MedBennett @andrewp109 1/4》Average age & # of comorbidities are irrelevant: Covid-19 killed 694,619 Americans, so far. If you think prevalence of comorbidities means Covid-19 didn't kill them, then this article might clear up your confusion:
sealevel.info/covid.html#los…

Except you probably won't read it.

@fishyfish67 @JohnDublin10 @Narvuntien @ScienceJustWins @6lennybravo @LouisCy72344053 @biffmack @jpgcrowley @aSinister @glinch72 @d_e_mol @ChrisBBacon3 @robhon_ @MarshallCd @Michael_D_Crow @Zed0alpha @brandondaly2018 @Jaisans @OyVeyIzhMir @TheDisproof @OnTheRo02233965 @themiwi @DawnTJ90 @RushhourP @hardtimehardta1 @SZOMB @gjcats @Michael_56 @insane_voice @BradSchrag @guitarwombat @mikeslastword @FriendsOScience @CanadianSence @davidbroadley @MikeDel21893959 @GeraldKutney @IngersolRobert @JimFish56837379 @SGMTrailbuilder @Mika_Hugs @Barrtecforever @ponycar06 @donahugh216 @Pylon54 @Barbarajdurkin @BySpoke @MedBennett @andrewp109 2/4》The vaccine trials absolutely DID show huge reductions in deaths and hospitalizations.
For practical reasons, the Phase 3 vaccine trials tested for efficacy preventing symptomatic disease, as the primary endpoint. That's because monitoring a test subject population…

@fishyfish67 @JohnDublin10 @Narvuntien @ScienceJustWins @6lennybravo @LouisCy72344053 @biffmack @jpgcrowley @aSinister @glinch72 @d_e_mol @ChrisBBacon3 @robhon_ @MarshallCd @Michael_D_Crow @Zed0alpha @brandondaly2018 @Jaisans @OyVeyIzhMir @TheDisproof @OnTheRo02233965 @themiwi @DawnTJ90 @RushhourP @hardtimehardta1 @SZOMB @gjcats @Michael_56 @insane_voice @BradSchrag @guitarwombat @mikeslastword @FriendsOScience @CanadianSence @davidbroadley @MikeDel21893959 @GeraldKutney @IngersolRobert @JimFish56837379 @SGMTrailbuilder @Mika_Hugs @Barrtecforever @ponycar06 @donahugh216 @Pylon54 @Barbarajdurkin @BySpoke @MedBennett @andrewp109 3/4》…of 50,000 or more subjects for asymptomatic disease wasn't practical, since it would have required many hundreds of thousands of additional tests, at a time when testing capacity was in short supply, and was urgently needed for other people.

@fishyfish67 @JohnDublin10 @Narvuntien @ScienceJustWins @6lennybravo @LouisCy72344053 @biffmack @jpgcrowley @aSinister @glinch72 @d_e_mol @ChrisBBacon3 @robhon_ @MarshallCd @Michael_D_Crow @Zed0alpha @brandondaly2018 @Jaisans @OyVeyIzhMir @TheDisproof @OnTheRo02233965 @themiwi @DawnTJ90 @RushhourP @hardtimehardta1 @SZOMB @gjcats @Michael_56 @insane_voice @BradSchrag @guitarwombat @mikeslastword @FriendsOScience @CanadianSence @davidbroadley @MikeDel21893959 @GeraldKutney @IngersolRobert @JimFish56837379 @SGMTrailbuilder @Mika_Hugs @Barrtecforever @ponycar06 @donahugh216 @Pylon54 @Barbarajdurkin @BySpoke @MedBennett @andrewp109 4/4》Nobody (except a few crackpots) ever doubted that a >90% reduction in symptomatic disease was accompanied by at least a similar reduction in hospitalizations & deaths. Many subsequent studies have confirmed that fact; e.g., here's 1 of people ≥65yo:
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7….