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2020-05-05 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Virus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's march

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-05 04:06|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Neh, today we can spread panic over the Internet - a wast difference.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-05 04:15|| 2020-05-05 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 2020 is looking a lot like 2019 in terms of excess mortality... The only difference is the state panicked into over-reaction

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-05-05 06:38|| 2020-05-05 06:38|| Front Page Top

#3 But that putz Fauci thinks everything will be fine as long as humans never shake hands again. GTFOH

Posted by Clem 2020-05-05 07:23|| 2020-05-05 07:23|| Front Page Top

#4 But the CDC says, even with all the COVID and COVID-related deaths, we are still 7% under the estimated 'deaths expected', based on averages for 2017-2019.

Seven percent under. Table 1

Posted by Bobby 2020-05-05 10:29|| 2020-05-05 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 But what about all the suicides?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-05 10:30|| 2020-05-05 10:30|| Front Page Top

#6 still unable to crush an insidious yet avoidable infectious disease

But, but... we know what lip color the Kardashians are wearing today.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-05 10:33|| 2020-05-05 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Kylie Jenner is hit with ANOTHER Photoshop scandal as she shares series of doctored snaps from her Met Gala appearances... (and she's even given Donatella Versace a touch-up!)

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-05 10:57|| 2020-05-05 10:57|| Front Page Top

#8 2020 looks nothing like 1918

1918 - young healthy people dying
2020 - people in nursing homes dying

1918 - infection fatality rate ~ 7.0%
2020 - infection fatality rate ~ 0.2%

Posted by lord garth 2020-05-05 11:11|| 2020-05-05 11:11|| Front Page Top

#9 But what about all the suicides?

'The anxiety can get real': Adam Lambert reveals he is speaking with a therapist during lockdown as he discusses mental health

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-05 11:15|| 2020-05-05 11:15|| Front Page Top

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