What have we learned from all this?

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 11:00:24 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Most daily deaths?
https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality...state-by-state

In 2018, we were killing, by average, 3670 people DAILY in car wrecks in the US. I can't imagine we've cut that in half, but with the StayAtHome mandates, it likely has dropped this month.
Cindy

Cindy, You'll be somewhat relieved that the number of auto deaths are not 3670/day (that would equal 1.3M/yr), but by your chart are 100/day for 2018. Wear your mask, but note that your eyes are a major source of viral entry. If someone sneezes near you, close your eyes for a few seconds.

And for yesterday alone the USA had 1940 coronavirus deaths recorded.

Interesting tidbit from MN -

Auto fatalities are actually up. 1/2 of these are high speed accidents. Apparently, drivers can't resist driving faster on empty roads.

Lou

My bad division. Late night math not my forte.
Thanks.
At least I have only one eyeball for viral admission. And glasses, when upright and outside in the world....
Hope someone gets a chuckle out of this,
Cindy

Germans saying .3 death rate.
https://www.bccourier.com/these-are-...insberg-study/

On Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 12:52:27 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Germans saying .3 death rate.
https://www.bccourier.com/these-are-...insberg-study/

it is not like there is a single number for the death rate. With adequately staffed and equipped health care available, the death rate will be lower. overwhelm the health care system and people die at home or in a tent somewhere, with much higher numbers. healthy and young, much lower, old an frail, much higher. Being "officially old" as my Dr said at my last physical, I will distance until some good mitigating therapy, or vaccine is available. That said, I was a happy camper this week, socially distancing with 8-10,000 ft between me and vast majority of the populace.

for all the advantages of a sell launching glider, I did not consider flying during the zombie apocalypse as one of them...

Rick

On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 9:06:58 PM UTC-7, wrote:
For all the folks obsessed with body counts...

That's the logical fallacy commonly referred to as "moving the goalposts."

--Bob K.

On Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 2:43:44 PM UTC-4, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 9:06:58 PM UTC-7, wrote:
For all the folks obsessed with body counts...

That's the logical fallacy commonly referred to as "moving the goalposts."

--Bob K.
Perspective has value. Body counts are why we can't fly.
Is the goal to save lives? Or just a handful of lives, of the people who made it past the threat of salad tongs over 6 decades ago?

On Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 11:08:04 AM UTC-5, wrote:
My bad division. Late night math not my forte.
Thanks.
At least I have only one eyeball for viral admission. And glasses, when upright and outside in the world....
Hope someone gets a chuckle out of this,
Cindy

Oooops, my apology. Can someone help me get my foot out of my mouth?

At 18:59 09 April 2020, wrote:

Perspective has value. Body counts are why we can't fly.
Is the goal to save lives? Or just a handful of lives, of the people who
made it past the threat of salad tongs over 6 decades ago?

1. It is true that the fewer people who get the disease the fewer people
will die from it.
2. It is also true that if the hospitals fill up with seriously ill
Coronavirus
patients then other seriously ill people will not be able to get treatment,

and die when they might otherwise not.

The thrust here is to prevent number 2 happening. The lockdown
ensures that number 1 will also be positively effected. Without the
lockdown we have had our hospitals would have been overloaded
already, of that there is little doubt. This is NOT the flu, it is far more

serious both in it's ability to make more people seriously ill and it would

appear in it's ability to spread.

So in answer to you question, no, it is not to save a handful of lives it
is
to protect the whole of society but especially the vulnerable. It is clear

that some people don't care and are selfishly continuing as though
nothing has happened and thereby putting the lives of others in danger.
They are also putting their own lives in danger but that's Darwinism.