Total cases and total deaths are one statistic (even if some are presumed) but suck at telling us what is really going on.
I want to know:
How many have it RIGHT NOW. Not since time began.
How many are hospitalized (TOTAL and RIGHT NOW) and in what condition.
Break these down by age groups and previous conditions.
I hear all kinds of squealing about muh ventilators, but seriously, nobody ever gives a count of what's being used. How can we, as a public, make informed decisions when they make it near impossible to know what's really going on?
Also, let's compare this with other diseases, such as normal flu, pneumonia (which this year has a cliff-drop around January compared to historical norms), and the like.
This whole thing reeks of bias just to freak everyone the hell out and grab more control. And the fact that our medical system sucks at tracking the basic things even a simple manufacturer would be doing. There are probably more stats on a ventilator being produced than a real human being with this disease.
Total cases and total deaths are one statistic (even if some are presumed) but suck at telling us what is really going on.
I want to know:
I hear all kinds of squealing about muh ventilators, but seriously, nobody ever gives a count of what's being used. How can we, as a public, make informed decisions when they make it near impossible to know what's really going on?
Also, let's compare this with other diseases, such as normal flu, pneumonia (which this year has a cliff-drop around January compared to historical norms), and the like.
This whole thing reeks of bias just to freak everyone the hell out and grab more control. And the fact that our medical system sucks at tracking the basic things even a simple manufacturer would be doing. There are probably more stats on a ventilator being produced than a real human being with this disease.