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2020-07-12 Economy

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 07:47|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 I'm having some trouble finding the death toll for the 1968 Hong Kong flu, which is still circulating.

Estimated deaths from the pandemic are easy to find; total, including fifty-two years of still-not-defeated virus would be anybody's guess. So I'll guess.

100k for the first outbreak, and an average of 10k per year for 50 years ... (carry the one)

Posted by Bobby 2020-07-12 08:51|| 2020-07-12 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 [oops] 600,000 would be a pretty conservative number. That's a USA estimate.

Posted by Bobby 2020-07-12 08:52|| 2020-07-12 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Utter nonsense of the anti-Trump, only-government-spending-counts type. Who needs additional Congressional spending when President Trump had already stood up public-private partnerships to get so much of that done? Ventilators, PPEs, hand sanitizer, face masks of all sorts — all already handled. I seem to recall that in the U.S. alone over 40 million lab tests have been done, never mind the rest of the world, where even the Palestinians and refugees in al Nusra-controlled Idlib have test kits and labs, though the accuracy of those tests varies. A variety of treatments short of ventilation, alone and in combination, are showing positive results — the results being shared among patient-facing medical staff despite caviling by scientific officialdom, news media, and politicians. Research is going ahead at breakneck speed on improved tests, treatments, and vaccines around the world, all without massive, targetted spending packages from America’s national legislature.

The entire world has stepped forward to demonstrate that in a real emergency, those on the ground dealing with it can invent makeshifts to answer pretty much all the needs of the moment using whatever is at hand, including bedsheets, scuba masks, and the leftovers from the nearby whiskey distillery.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-12 09:17|| 2020-07-12 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Will someone explain how money kills virus?

This sounds like just more Uncle Sugar begging on its face.

Posted by AlanC 2020-07-12 09:20|| 2020-07-12 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Anything Mises-related wouldn't make the cut.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 09:23|| 2020-07-12 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, government is often part of the problem, if not THE problem. Although recognized by President Trump, the approval process for drugs/vaccines is dismal. The cozy relationship between the FDA and the pharmaceutical-industrial complex doesn't help at all. I believe the rabid opposition (you, too, Fauci) to HCQ is evidence of that as it is not a money-maker. And the Dem response to it speaks volumes.

And then there's falsifying death certificates for the all-mighty dollar. Sigh....

Posted by Clem 2020-07-12 09:35|| 2020-07-12 09:35|| Front Page Top

#7 I think the idea of challenge prize is pretty good - look at history of aviation.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-12 10:02|| 2020-07-12 10:02|| Front Page Top

#8 I could live with a challenge prize. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-12 22:57|| 2020-07-12 22:57|| Front Page Top

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