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[–] HolePunch 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

2% of reported cases is still huge

only 0.02% of reported flue cases result in death

what about the 20% of people that required intensive care. do you think our hospitals will be able to handle that workload

what about the reports of reinfection? if this can reinfect multiple times it will kill more people, that makes it the perfect boiweapon - not that i am even claiming that this is a boiweapon, but rather it is a disease that does need to be addressed.

and i'm glad you get better from the flu all the time, but this is simply not the flu. it's like a hyper pneumonia. Where pneumonia is a serious infection in one area of the lung, this causes total inflammation of the lungs - which is much harder too deal with.

i'm not freaking out, i've been processing as much info about this that i can and working on being ready as possible, i don't consume the mainstream media. And i would not just brush this off.

Just because things have always been fine doesn't mean things will always be fine for forever and acting as such is not smart.

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[–] Johnny_Ninja 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

You're just having a problem understanding how those unreported cases affect the math. I've explained as best I can. I think it's pretty simple and should be fairly eye opening to you.

This is something that was pointed out by three medical professionals in my family. Plus it just makes logical sense. If 10 people get tested and have it, and two of them die then yeah that's 20 percent. But if there are actually 1,000 cases of young and middle age adults who contracted it and mistook it for the regular flu or a cold, didn't go to the dr. And get tested, and then recovered, they don't get added to the stats. But if they're added to the stats, 2/10 suddenly becomes 2/1,010. Quite a different percentage.

I'm not brushing it off, either. I already acknowledged the danger to babies and old folks. I'm simply saying that it's not what the media is making it out to be. Which is basically an airborne version of AIDS or Ebola.

And yes, the economy is a concern since China is a huge trading partner. I actually think the economic danger is greater than anything else if I'm being honest. Though I also think it will pass. Just like bird flu, swine flu, H1N1, and every other sensationalized disease they've been peddling over the last decade and a half. I'd think that because we've all seen the media cry wolf so many times at this point, and because of the type of group this is, we'd be more on point about what's really going on here.

But if you like walking around and living your life in unnecessary fear, then by all means have at it.