Can we get some perspective on this "Coronavirus" please.
Firstly how does it kill people? It causes inflammation between the lung tissue and arteries in the lungs, this stops oxygen getting to the blood (thats a bad thing).
But hang on a minute how does "the flu" kill people, well It causes inflammation between the lung tissue and arteries in the lungs, this stops oxygen getting to the blood (thats a bad thing).
So this is the equivalent to a bad cold or "the flu" - influenza.
OK how many people have died?
Well the meedya are screaming .... "Coronavirus deaths LEAP"
"China has reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus deaths, as countries struggled to evacuate citizens still trapped in the city where the outbreak began and Russia closed its long border with its southern neighbour.
The death toll rose to 170 on Thursday ..."
WHO prepares to meet to decide whether to declare outbreak a global emergency
www.theguardian.com
170 dead wow that's terrible especially if you are one of those 170 people, so perspective again how many people actually live in Hubei where the outbreak started? 1 million ? 2 million? Bueller, Anyone? 58,500,000.
58 million people live in Chinas second biggest city! So thats
0.000,003% (rounding up) of the population.
How many people died in 'merica in 2018 from "the flu"?
Anyone know any of these facts?
80,000 people died in the good old U S of A in 2018 fro the flu.
The U.S. government estimates that 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease's highest death toll in at least four decades.
www.statnews.com
Guess whats happening here. The media are putting big bold headlines on the front page selling death and fear stories! So that you buy their newspaper or visit their website or watch their tv channel
and see their advertising!
Switch off your televisions and stop listening to the meedya!
Just my
little rant for the day.