Obviously there are differences, it's a different virus, and a new virus. But as far as its impact on society, aside from our reaction to it, it doesn't seem to be orders of magnitude worse than the flu.
The risk is if it spreads too fast the healthcare system is overwhelmed and that's when people start dying unnecessarily. This is what's happening in Italy.
Dan Bongino had a doctor on last week. He explained that because it is a Novel Virus, older people are dropping like flies vs. the younger people, all due to older people who have had zero exposure to the virus in their lifespan and because their immune systems are weakened due to age.
He also said the rate of transmission is slightly less than seasonal flu, when looking at data from the Diamond Princess cruise, where approx 17% of 4k passengers and crew caught the virus in a closed environment/very tight quarters...and all 4000 were on the same ship for 1 month.
Using South Korea as a reliable example, morbity runs around 0.68%. Not 4%-6% some fake news agents are touting.
The only difference I see is the rate of transmission. It seems to spread much faster.
Obviously there are differences, it's a different virus, and a new virus. But as far as its impact on society, aside from our reaction to it, it doesn't seem to be orders of magnitude worse than the flu.
The risk is if it spreads too fast the healthcare system is overwhelmed and that's when people start dying unnecessarily. This is what's happening in Italy.
At the moment, the daily death toll in Italy is no worse than during a bad flu season. Why is Italy overwhelmed right now?
From what I understand, Italy's health care system is about 25 years behind ours. Yay, socialism!
Dan Bongino had a doctor on last week. He explained that because it is a Novel Virus, older people are dropping like flies vs. the younger people, all due to older people who have had zero exposure to the virus in their lifespan and because their immune systems are weakened due to age.
He also said the rate of transmission is slightly less than seasonal flu, when looking at data from the Diamond Princess cruise, where approx 17% of 4k passengers and crew caught the virus in a closed environment/very tight quarters...and all 4000 were on the same ship for 1 month.
Using South Korea as a reliable example, morbity runs around 0.68%. Not 4%-6% some fake news agents are touting.
Covid-19 ain't shit.
It's the flu without treatment or vaccination. That's why it's so much worse