U.S. DEATHS FROM THE SEASONAL FLU: 12,000; U.S. DEATHS FROM COVID-19: 802.

Hopkins Medicine compares the number of deaths from the seasonal flu versus the COVID-19:

COVID-19: Approximately 19,625 deaths reported worldwide; 802 deaths in the U.S., as of Mar. 25, 2020.* 

Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the U.S. per year. 

I don't want to say "Let that sink in," but at least think about this comparison and then tell me what is more dangerous to the U.S.: 802 or 12,000?  If you're reading this at all it does mean that you're not reacting to fear as much as the rest of the population is.  And when a large enough group of folks get scared and start reacting irrationally, like too many at the stores are doing, then we have a problem, and I don't like where it is leading to.  Hopefully, businesses will re-open and get back to business and all governments will get out of the way.  

Scientific American has an article out comparing the Coronavirus, COVID-19 with the seasonal flu.  Its headline reads

The flu has already caused about 12,000 deaths this season in the U.S. alone.

And yet you're not afraid of this.  Huh.  

But tell people that one novel virus, a respiratory flu virus, has killed a few hundred, and you're ready to lay down and hand to the government your complete individual sovereignty?  Huh.

As of today, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Statist.com shows that the number of deaths worldwide from the coronavirus, or deaths as a cofactor, is 18,906.  

Italy is the country with the most recorded deaths by country with 6,820.  There are a lot of factors as to why so many deaths are occurring in Italy.  Check this out for five of those factors. 

Thanks to Robert Wenzel for this video. 

China has 3,281 deaths.

Spain has 2,991.

Iran has 1,934. 

France has 1,100.

United States has 784. 

United Kingdom has 422. 

Jim Ostrowski breaks down the numbers as a percentage of a population segment:

DAILY REPORT ON US DEATH RATE

March 25

CASES--------DEATHS------DEATHS PER 1000

54,963---------784-------------14.26

March 25---DEATHS PER 1000-----14.26
March 24---DEATHS PER 1000-----12.60

This is a significant increase over yesterday.

The virus as we all know strikes people over 70 hardest--global death rate for over 80 is 14.8%.

For those under 40, it's 0.2% or double the flu (With incomplete data).

The illness hits men harder than women.

The number one problem essentially causing all the others is that the government has artificially reduced the supply of tests below what a free market would have supplied. This is why the government goes to plan B, imprisoning you in your home and wrecking the economy.

In other words, progressivism is murdering us and imprisoning us.

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Over 70 or with health issues, wear a mask in public. It's cool, we get it.
2. Exercise
3. Get 30 minutes of sun per day.
4. Take vitamins--C and D and zinc.
5. Any symptoms, avoid contact with others.

It may be time for all Americans to wear masks in public. (I made sure that we had ONE for each member of the family back in January when the MSM and Democrats were busy impeaching Trump for exercising obvious Article II powers.)

I wore leather gloves outside yesterday. Will that help?

Back to being imprisoned for the crime of living under an incompetent big-government that is killing us.

Will these be my last words, "Where's my test kit?"

The JAMA Network provides us with some valuable numbers.  Whereas most people have been instructed by the government authorities to fear their own shadow--to shelter in place (limit activity and reduce your vitamin D absorption), to wash your hands incessantly, and self-quarantine all out of fear from a virus that has either directly or as a cofactor killed over a span of 6 months less than 20,000 worldwide, the JAMA Network provides us with numbers that puts the deaths, the virus and the panic in perspective, 

Lost in the discussion about COVID-19 is the fact that the US is experiencing a severe influenza season that has already resulted in more than 16 000 deaths. This JAMA Infographic compares prevalence and number of deaths for the 2 diseases.

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