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Monday, March 23, 2020
Wired — The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing.
Age distributed death rates appear roughly proportional among countries... death rate itself does not. This suggests flu is bad for old people, but not as deadly as feared.
If testing for a virus were as simple as taking a photograph, health authorities wouldn't be operating blind.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/22/germany-low-coronavirus-mortality-rate-puzzles-experts
ReplyDeletehttps://www.businessinsider.com/most-us-coronavirus-deaths-ages-65-older-cdc-report-2020-3#the-covid-19-death-rate-in-the-us-is-above-10-for-those-over-85-4
ReplyDeleteAge distributed death rates appear roughly proportional among countries... death rate itself does not. This suggests flu is bad for old people, but not as deadly as feared.
If testing for a virus were as simple as taking a photograph, health authorities wouldn't be operating blind.
So Trump via Bolton forced 2018 the admiral and his team to resign, those who was responsible for and had the knowledge how to deal with pandemics.
ReplyDeleteTrump is the biggliest and greatiest president of them all.