This thread by @ASlavitt would be credible if it did not treat the Open as an economic issue while the close as a lifesaving one only.
1.43 million healthcare jobs were wiped out in April in the US; hunger in poor counties is rising, and death from despair spikes in downturns.
1.43 million healthcare jobs were wiped out in April in the US; hunger in poor counties is rising, and death from despair spikes in downturns.
BTW @ASlavitt, few if any country had testing beyond a few points of their population. This is hardly enough for a contagious virus that easily hits 10-20 percent of the population within months. Korea has 50 MILLION peopls but tested only 680K at this point! cc @StephenLevin33
S. Korea was at 250,000 tests mid March; 7 weeks into the outbreak. That’s hardly “early” testify on a large scale, yet for TWO MONTHS every Clown, Parrot, Zombie or Sheep in the Herd repeats the buzzword “South Korea tested.”
As of NOW they tested only 1.3% of the population!
As of NOW they tested only 1.3% of the population!
BESIDES, most people who test turn up negative. How many of those came back within weeks to test again because they thought they have symptoms? Plenty. Basically, the “test rate” per country (tests per million) is even lower than it appears as there are plenty of doubles!
If you are a Parrot, Zombie or Sheep in the Herd, PLEASE STOP using the buzzword “testing” considering that most countries tested only a fraction of their population! Hardly a figure large enough to explain away lower deaths rates. SPAIN and ITALY went into rigid/long lockdowns
in early/mid March; few countries were so strict! Spain tested the equivalent of 5.2% of their population and Italy 4.3%; both at a HIGHER RATE THAN GERMANY (which had a softer lockdown). Yet both countries have of the WORST death rates globally; and way worse than Germany! 🚨
The point? There are many factors at play regarding Covid. For example, when in the outbreak the lockdown started (Israel early). The population age (high in Italy); obesity (low in Korea), type of hospitals (Germany good), the weather (Israel warm), so PLEASE my dear Parrots:
Stop using buzzwords that don’t fit everywhere. Stop picking data points/individual actions from this/that country without looking at EVERYTHING per country. Stop attributing success to an action that dosn’t explain success (Korea testing 1.3% its population), and so forth.
Spain/Italy had lockdowns more tougher/longer than Germany and both tested at a higher rate of their population (5.2% and 4.3%) than Germany (3.2%). Germany’s death rate is 91 deaths per 1 million in the population while Spain is 572 per million; Italy is 508 per million.
