re: Our President is tweeting about Flu Season!

Posted by BeNotDeceivedGal6_7

Member since May 2019

7439 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:04 am to Seldom Seen

Trump woke up this morning like LFG

Posted by TejasHorn

High Plains Driftin'

Member since Mar 2007

11617 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:05 am to Seldom Seen

So why don’t we just stack another epic pandemic on top of this one?

It doesn’t matter. The flu kills lots of people too!

Posted by Vacherie Saint

Member since Aug 2015

47572 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:08 am to Utopia

7 months? Lol, it’s widely accepted that this virus has been here since January, and seasonal flu only lasts roughly 4 months!

And let’s not pretend that flu deaths are tallied the same way covid deaths are.

This post was edited on 10/6/20 at 9:58 am

Posted by deathvalleytiger10

Member since Sep 2009

9283 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:09 am to Utopia

Welcome to the show Utopia Bot

Posted by More&Les

Member since Nov 2012

14684 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:20 am to Seldom Seen

this is one trigger happy glorious orange bastard

Posted by MickeyLikesDags21

Member since Apr 2019

6641 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:26 am to Utopia

quote:
months and 215,000 deaths later

Honest question. Do you believe this number would be lower with someone else in office?

Posted by Loserman

Member since Sep 2007

23151 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:28 am to Seldom Seen

We have the best and greatest flu seasons

Posted by Chinese Bandit

Edmond, Ok

Member since Jan 2004

1551 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:30 am to Utopia

quote:
7 months and 215,000 deaths later and the only difference is now hes just making up a new number about the flu. Yall are livin in a fantasy world if you think this does anything but crater his campaign.

Guess what...I am still going to vote for him...even with your "Gotcha"

Anyone the establishment hates this much has to be good for the non-establishment regular folks.

Posted by SSpaniel

Germantown

Member since Feb 2013

29658 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:32 am to Utopia

quote:
215,000 deaths later

Just out of curiosity, how many of those died from covid and how many died with covid?

Posted by Homesick Tiger

Greenbrier, AR

Member since Nov 2006

56146 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:33 am to Chinese Bandit

quote:
Guess what...I am still going to vote for him...even with your "Gotcha"

There was no gothca. Go read my post on the first page. It's all about comprehension.

Posted by HubbaBubba

North of DFW, TX

Member since Oct 2010

51827 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:35 am to Utopia

An estimated 97k to 100k died in 1960 from flu. He's not wrong.

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Posted by Wildcat1996

Lexington, KY

Member since Jul 2020

10401 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:38 am to HubbaBubba

Perhaps the messaging won't resonate with John Q Public, but if this becomes endemic, and many believe it will, then we will have to learn to live with it. And that will be true no matter who wins this election.

Posted by Seldom Seen

Member since Feb 2016

48737 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:39 am to Utopia

quote:
7 months and 215,000 deaths later

Posted by Wildcat1996

Lexington, KY

Member since Jul 2020

10401 posts

Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:58 am to Seldom Seen

From 2017 CDC

Heart disease: 650K
Cancer: 600K
Accidents: 170K
Respiratory: 160K
Stroke: 146K
Alzheimers: 121K
Diabetes: 83K
Influenza & Pneumonia: 55K

In this context, 215K deaths in 8+ months is relatively modest. There is a decent peak in excess mortality from April through July, but we are now dipping below seasonal averages. So it's unclear if there will be excess death due to COVID19 once the books are closed on 2020.

And I don't credit our government at any level. Our healthcare community learned how to care for these patients on the fly and adapted incredibly well. It's really pretty amazing what they have done with case fatality rates since June.

This post was edited on 10/6/20 at 10:01 am