Yes March was a time we both had mentioned. I know you and some of us have seen money related issues being a problem, like when his taxes are released, but I wanted to ask you -- do you also get the feeling that some of his money issues could have to do with mis appropriation of funds? Could he have literally stolen in a sense from the government? With this virus and funds being more highlighted it made me wonder....
I am in the Northwest and covid-19 is starting to hit here. First fatality at a hospital a few miles from me. I don’t usually get bad feelings about pandemic scares (Ebola/SARS/etc.) but I did for this one, when the news first started going around. I’m in medical school (natural health) and can see illness on people (Please do NOT ask me for medical advice; I’m only a student). Pretty sure I saw it on a girl working at the coffee shop I went to today. I go there regularly and she was not her usual self.
One thing nobody has mentioned yet- a lot of Trump’s base is the 60+ age group. Those who are at more risk from the virus... 80+ is highest risk but it does increase fairly linearly with age. Praying that nobody gets hurt but I’m afraid they will. Best outcome is that it’s just bad enough to wake people up with no more damage than necessary for that. ❤️
Some facts that belong on the other thread, but since everyone is commenting here...
1. Alcohol isn't that effective at killing coronaviruses. Bleach is better.
2. N-95 masks won't really work (virus is too small), and are only good for 4 hours anyway.
3. Mortality rate is currently 3.4% overall (per the Hopkins dashboard), but it looks like it's closer to 40% for those over age 50 (although no one is breaking numbers down by age yet).
4. That mortality rate is about twice the mortality rate of seasonal flu.
5. Don't touch your face, and teach your kids not to. And STOP shaking hands. As I pointed out recently, we're not ancient Romans proving we don't have a weapon in our right hand. Waving apologetically is perfectly fine.
6. As long as they don't harm you, things like coconut oil and colloidal silver are fine, just understand there is no science behind claims of efficacy, and don't count on them.
7. Beware conspiracy theories. The Russians and Saudis will use anything they can to sow more chaos worldwide. COVID-19 is being weaponized, for sure, but not as a bio-weapon, more as a political one.
@laura-f I feel that I should let you know (and this is with all due respect) that I shared your information and have gotten quite a bit of blowback and I am curious to know your sources as people are asking me for them. The truth is that this coronavirus is so new that it is difficult to pin down absolute truth about it and I truly believe that your intent was to share truth. Can you help me out? ?
As I said, I posted my sources previously, on the thread related to COVID-19,but they are:
The Atlantic (well respected magazine/website), Washington Post, Sacramento Bee
CDC website (cdc.gov)
On the Media (podcast from NPR) episode "Black Swans"
And again, the Johns Hopkins real time dashboard, which is here: https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
I haven’t seen a death rate anything like 40% for over 50s. So far over 80s mortality rate is about 15%. Age 50 - 59 is approx 2%
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51674743
The mortality rate is a completely unreliable statistic at this point. With testing being minimal at best in most of the world because of it's being novel with symptoms that are common among many viruses, it is almost a certainty that there are at least thousands of cases that have gone untested/unconfirmed. The mortality rate of this will be inflated for a while until testing becomes regular practice for all those with flu symptoms. The deaths, on the other hand, will be more heavily tested because there is a panic and when someone dies from "the flu" the question of whether it was covid19 will be instantly raised.