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2021-03-30 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Sorry, Tony - Herd Immunity is Just Around the Corner

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Posted by Bobby 2021-03-30 12:30|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Long ago the CDC published the establish for the ratio of Americans who have had COVID since Feb 2020 to the ratio of Americans who have had positive RT-PCR tests/etc. for COVID in the same time frame. That magic number is 7.7
Meaning, for example, that if 30 million Americans have had + RT-PCR tests, 231 million Americans have had COVID whether or not they know it. There are about 330 million Americans. This published ratio never gets mentioned in the MSM. Old Ferret Face never gets asked about it, either.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-03-30 13:17|| 2021-03-30 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Argh, thought I had proofread well enough.
For " Long ago the CDC published the establish for the ratio of Americans who have had COVID since Feb 2020 to the ratio of Americans "
substitute "Long ago the CDC published its estimate for the ratio of Americans who have actually had COVID (irrespective of tests) to the number of Americans" etc.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-03-30 13:19|| 2021-03-30 13:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Mask and lockdown cultists are going to have psychological problems when COVID Circus Theater™ is over. St. Fauxi will never adjust to not being on TeeVee all the time trying to blow smoke up everyone's a$$e$.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-03-30 14:51|| 2021-03-30 14:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Thinkin' bout anyone in specific, mate?

Posted by Raj 2021-03-30 15:13|| 2021-03-30 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 perhaps May is the time for "murder hornets" then

Posted by 746 2021-03-30 16:32|| 2021-03-30 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll tell you exactly where the "experts" failed.

They did not account for the "silent" cases, and transmission, and the faster spread of immunity due to them. Upwards of 1/3 of Americans have likely had COVID and not known it. And we are now, in March, approaching 1/3 of the nation, the most vulnerable 1/3, being vaccinated. That makes 2/3 of the population being practically immune, leaving maybe 100-120 million vulnerable. There are over 2 million inocculations a day ongoing, 1/2 first, 1/2 second. so in 45 days, out of a max of 120 million, at least 45 million more will be nearly completely immune, and another 45 million will have initial immunity.

That leaves 10% of the population vulnerable, and 90% either completely or partially immune.

That is herd immunity level.

The numbers do not lie, but the Progressive Democrats do.

Posted by Ho Chi Snemp6051 2021-03-30 16:49|| 2021-03-30 16:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Upwards of 1/3 of Americans have likely had COVID and not known it.

Yes. Exactly. This episode represents an astonishing failure of our public health bureaucracy to understand and account for silent cases.

Bureaucrats like Fauci... what are we paying them for?

Posted by Clavimble Whath8293 2021-03-30 19:04|| 2021-03-30 19:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Fauci is there for self-aggrandizement, now that he has achieved his other goal: making sure Trump was hobbled during the election by Fauci's lies and disinformation and the willing dupes in the Press.

Posted by These Forkbeard7574 2021-03-30 19:07|| 2021-03-30 19:07|| Front Page Top

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