Max says: >I'm still trying to get my head around the reason for the extreme reactions
It's political, so as such, not up for discussion on this particular forum. >I think we are being played. Ya think? Unfortunately, if/when we are in a recession because of the reaction (or overreaction) to this viral outbreak, a lot of people are going to suffer. BTW, Britain is following the exact opposite tack (tac?) They are letting the virus go uninhibited, so that they can get a "herd immunity" and not have annual outbreaks every year. Time will tell. Rick ________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 7:32:45 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Ok y’all **it just got real I'm still trying to get my head around the reason for the extreme reactions to COVID-19 vs. H1N1 back in 2009. Here in the US of A, H1N1 Swine flu caused 60.8 million illnesses, 273,304 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths. Over 200,000 probably died worldwide. Does anyone remember sealing off our borders, cancellation of all sporting events and concerts, stock market crash? The H1N1 flu primarily affected children and adults under 65. COVID-19 affects the almost the mirror image, those above 70; or those with underlying health conditions. Which age group is more important to our economy? No judgement here, but I'll bet that most economists would say that deaths and illness among the working age and future working age populations will have a greater impact on GDP than those retired in their 70s - 80s - 90s. No stock market crash, no panic. Barrack Hussein Obama was playing golf on the day his admin declared a national emergency. Congress under Democrat control was focused on passing Obama-care. China, where they completely botched their initial reaction by hiding the evidence and ignoring the threat for 2 or 3 months, allowing it to spread far and wide not only in their country but across the globe, has only lost a couple thousand people (if you believe their numbers) and the number of new cases is leveling off. America is in a much stronger position than China, why the hell are we in such a panic? I think we are being played. ------------- Max Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
