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Looks like a typical novel disease: The weakest and most vulnerable die in the first wave, then a collapse. Great!

Interesting how Stockholm (and probably Jakarta where any calls for self-quarantine are likely firmly ignored) have the lowest increases despite not locking down.

NoCoupForYou says

Looks like a typical novel disease: The weakest and most vulnerable die in the first wave, then a collapse. Great!

Interesting how Stockholm (and probably Jakarta where any calls for self-quarantine are likely firmly ignored) have the lowest increases despite not locking down.

Nah, the collapses are due to lock-downs. No collapse in Stockholm yet right?

The actual numbers can be lower for any number of reasons. Stockholm is way less dense than NYC, Madrid, etc. Old age make-up of Jakarta is way lower.

ThreeBays says

Nah, the collapses are due to lock-downs. No collapse in Stockholm yet right?

Or, it's herd immunity.

NoCoupForYou says

Or, it's herd immunity.

Herd of Trump sheeple immunity.

ThreeBays says

NoCoupForYou says

Or, it's herd immunity.

Herd of Trump sheeple immunity.

There's a winning comment right there..../

ThreeBays says

Yawn. Because it primarily affects the old and infirm, you know people with shorter life expectancy, it just means that over the next 2-3 years it will even out as there are a few less deaths per year after the virus has provided the overwhelming majority of people who will become infected and survive the virus with beautiful immunity. It is called natural selection, you may have herd of it? (pun intended)

I think that the number of deaths world-wide is even higher than the 60% (122k) deaths reported in the headline. China's numbers are just made up, Iran is guilty of serious under reporting, Saudi' s death rate based on the number of cases is suspicious (unless the Covid patients are beheaded before succumbing to the disease), based on the figures maybe Singapore treats those with symptoms right away with "Trump pills", nobody believes the figures Pakistan delivers, and Africa doesn't even know what we're talking about.

However, the overall death rate will come in at about that of a typical flu strain. If it is as the Doomers say at about 1%, we will definitely hear about them having massive, mass graves in Africa for the what 12 million deaths across the continent?

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostakovitch says

All fake.

No one's been sick.

In fact, no one's died.

If they did, they died of Michelle Obama disemboweling them with her immense prehensile penis.

But MSM never reports on it.

I’d say it’s about as fake as your belief that sarcasm protects you from making bad arguments.

FuckTheMainstreamMedia says

sarcasm protects you from making bad arguments

Is that what he's doing ?

Or is it making fun of people that deserve to be made fun of.

ThreeBays says

@ThreeBays do you have the url for that graph? Can't find it on the ft.com site.

Old geezers dying of pneumonia is NOT a tragedy! It’s natural causes and the road ahead for all of us, should we survive that long.
If you’re old and vulnerable, the responsibility for your health rests with YOU! Change your own habits to protect yourself. Don’t demand that everyone else change to suit your needs, give up their livelihoods, live in miserable isolation, and homeschool their children to lower your risk of catching your inevitable and timely death!

Shaman says

Old geezers dying of pneumonia is NOT a tragedy! It’s natural causes and the road ahead for all of us, should we survive that long.
If you’re old and vulnerable, the responsibility for your health rests with YOU! Change your own habits to protect yourself. Don’t demand that everyone else change to suit your needs, give up their livelihoods, live in miserable isolation, and homeschool their children to lower your risk of catching your inevitable and timely death!

Until governor Cuomo moves Covid-19 patients into your nursing home.

It’s not like we’re recommending the Attestupa for the elderly!

ThreeBays says

Mortality statistics show 122,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 14 countries analysed by the FT.

Looks like they are not counting it right.

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/04/28/they-arent-excess-deaths-fact-filled-thread-takes-dashboard-covid-death-data-reporting-aka-panic-porn-apart/

Misc says

Until governor Cuomo moves Covid-19 patients into your nursing home.

If I’m in a nursing home with months left to live in ignominy and squalor, I’d prefer a bullet but would settle for a fast acting virus. No ventilator please.

Patrick says

ThreeBays says

@ThreeBays do you have the url for that graph? Can't find it on the ft.com site.

It's from the OP link. Also, follow https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch for updates.

PeopleUnited says

Yawn. Because it primarily affects the old and infirm, you know people with shorter life expectancy, it just means that over the next 2-3 years it will even out as there are a few less deaths per year after the virus has provided the overwhelming majority of people who will become infected and survive the virus with beautiful immunity. It is called natural selection, you may have herd of it? (pun intended)

PeopleUnited's obituary: "One less we have to bury later".

ThreeBays says

PeopleUnited says

Yawn. Because it primarily affects the old and infirm, you know people with shorter life expectancy, it just means that over the next 2-3 years it will even out as there are a few less deaths per year after the virus has provided the overwhelming majority of people who will become infected and survive the virus with beautiful immunity. It is called natural selection, you may have herd of it? (pun intended)

PeopleUnited's obituary: "One less we have to bury later".

It doesn't mean people are not aware and uneasy about a new very viral cold/flu. It means that they are selfless enough to not bring a (mostly younger) majority to the brink of economic destruction (leading to deaths, violence, drug use and suicides) to save a (mostly older) minority dying from natural causes.

It will be interesting to see what "excess deaths" ultimately looks like for the year. Bear in mind around 2.8+million people die per year in the US. Over half the males entering a nursing home only make it 3 months.
BTW, any of our local interlocutors want to comment on "It's Always Sunny in Guayaquil, Ecuador"?