The major point of difference is that millions have resistance through their flu shots, whereas zero are protected against COVID 19. If there were no flu vaccine how many deaths would there be?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 10:35 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I am not discounting the potential severity of the wuhan flu. At > the same time there is considerable evidence that the media has over > hyped the danger. The article below is an illustration of how to > lie with statistics. You don't even need to buy Mr. Huff's little > book. > > The controversial Ethiopian politician and Director General of the > World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, claimed > in a press conference in early March that the fatality rate for the > coronavirus was many multiples that of the fatality rate of the > common flu. > > This egregiously false premise has led to the greatest panic in > world history. > > The Director General of the WHO spoke on March 3, 2020 and shared > this related to the coronavirus: > > While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu > strains, COVID-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity. That > means more people are susceptible to infection, and some will suffer > severe disease. > > Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By > comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those > infected. > > This statement led to the greatest panic in world history as the > media all over the world shared and repeated that the coronavirus > was many, many times more deadly than the common flu. > > The problem is his statement is false. It was not accurate! > > The Gateway Pundit reported yesterday, that the coronavirus fatality > rate reported by the media was completely inaccurate and the actual > rate is less than the current seasonal flu – the media was lying > again. The false reporting of the coronavirus fatality rate of 3.4% > in the media started with the statements made by the WHO in early > March. > > Take a look at this recent summary that actually proves the Director > General’s statement was materially false, though you’ll not hear > mainstream media talking about this at all: > > *1. The fatality rate of the coronavirus was based on current data > available of known positive cases and known deaths.* > > Oftentimes estimates have to be made because data is just not yet > available. The Director General of the World Health Organization > (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, used the fatality rate of > coronavirus with known numbers and used this as his prediction of > eventual mortality rate. This was a faulty assumption. Estimates > usually involve obtaining information that is available and making > estimates on what is not. We cannot tell the future but we can make > educated guesses based on information available. This is what has > been done with the coronavirus because this type of virus has > apparently never been seen before. > > *2. Sometimes estimates are reasonable and sometimes they are wrong, > and even way off.* > > The point is that whenever estimates are made of large unknown > values they are always wrong because no one can tell the future. > Sometimes estimates end up close and sometimes they are not and > sometimes they are way off. > > This is a factor that simply cannot be overstated. There was a massive > lack of information available at the time when this whole situation > kicked off. People seem to take every single thing reported by the WHO > as the absolute, accurate truth without taking other factors into > consideration. > > *3. The current “estimate” for the coronavirus fatality rate > according to the WHO is about 3.4%.* > > The estimate used most often is from the WHO based on the Director > General’s comments. The WHO estimates the mortality rate of the > coronavirus to be around 3.4%: > > The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the mortality > rate from Covid-19 is about 3.4%. That is higher than seasonal > flu and is cause for concern – but even if it is correct, more > than 96% of people who become infected with the coronavirus will > recover. > > *4. The same rate for this year’s seasonal flu is 10% if you use > known cases and known deaths (but the media tells you it’s .1%).* > > As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, according to CDC numbers, in > the US in the 2019-2020 flu season, there were 222,552 confirmed > cases of the flu from testing and an estimated 36 million flu cases > in the United States. There were 22,000 estimated deaths from the > flu (via the CDC). > > > _______________________________________ > 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
