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Indeed, if anything you should be comparing Italy with New York. The data for Corona virus points to elderly in poor health and people with pre-existing illnes

Indeed, if anything you should be comparing Italy with New York. The data for Corona virus points to elderly in poor health and people with pre-existing illnesses being at risk. If you don’t agree please explain how Monaco with a very old but rather healthy population has seen one death so far and how come Bangladesh and Pakistan with a population of 300M+ have seen a total of 80 deaths.

kyuudou 7y ago
Monaco has half the population of Walnut Creek, CA, a lot of them very affluent and not there much of the year. Then there's the issue of 1. how was the testing done (IF AT ALL) 2. how accurate that test was (read up on PCR if you don't agree) 3. how the cause of death was determined. I show you a CDC explanation for how to determine official cause of death from[1]: ""When reporting cause of death...use any information available, such as medical history, medical records, laboratory tests, an autopsy report, or other sources....best clinical judgement..." In all cases variations of the flu are much worse and not worth crippling the US and global economy over. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask someone like Dr. Burry who is much more qualified than I, at least, to answer such questions. [1] https://t.co/sr5CuouckM?amp=1 https://t.co/sr5CuouckM?amp=1
- __s 7y ago
  The ordinary flu would be much worse if we didn't vaccinate for it
  - sharken 7y ago
    Agreed, in 2018 Denmark followed the WHO recommendation and produced a flu vaccine for three types of the flu. Unfortunately a fourth type was the dominant type that year and that was not included in the vaccine. The vaccine for this year will be for four type of the flu, 2 for type A and 2 for type B.
- sharken 7y ago
  I fully agree that test accuracy is a problem and that cause of death when Corona virus is involved varies a lot between countries. Excess mortality could be one way of getting more information, though I don’t know when those data are available.

kyuudou 7y ago

Monaco has half the population of Walnut Creek, CA, a lot of them very affluent and not there much of the year. Then there's the issue of 1. how was the testing done (IF AT ALL) 2. how accurate that test was (read up on PCR if you don't agree) 3. how the cause of death was determined. I show you a CDC explanation for how to determine official cause of death from[1]: ""When reporting cause of death...use any information available, such as medical history, medical records, laboratory tests, an autopsy report, or other sources....best clinical judgement..." In all cases variations of the flu are much worse and not worth crippling the US and global economy over. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask someone like Dr. Burry who is much more qualified than I, at least, to answer such questions. [1] https://t.co/sr5CuouckM?amp=1 https://t.co/sr5CuouckM?amp=1

__s 7y ago
The ordinary flu would be much worse if we didn't vaccinate for it
- sharken 7y ago
  Agreed, in 2018 Denmark followed the WHO recommendation and produced a flu vaccine for three types of the flu. Unfortunately a fourth type was the dominant type that year and that was not included in the vaccine. The vaccine for this year will be for four type of the flu, 2 for type A and 2 for type B.
sharken 7y ago
I fully agree that test accuracy is a problem and that cause of death when Corona virus is involved varies a lot between countries. Excess mortality could be one way of getting more information, though I don’t know when those data are available.