Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Is USA still on track for 3.5M+ dead?

...and the end results will be exactly the same as if nothing was done.

Except for that little economy thing.

640 dead in the USA from CV-19 so far as of today. Out of about 45,000 total confirmed cases. So far, NY has been hit the hardest. With most foreign travelers landing in NY, that was probably foreseeable.
Not near the schitt storm the Fake News Media And WHO have predicted. Let’s all hope and Pray they were very wrong!

I’m sure Trump’s plan has helped somewhat control the spread. And folks sheltering in place, keeping a reasonable distance from each other, lots of hand washing, disinfecting practices, and other common sense measures have helped tremendously I’m sure.
Probably the biggest factor was the stopping of international travel to the USA from China & Europe.
Hopefully these measures were implemented in time to keep America from being ravaged like China, the Middle East, Italy, Spain, and other European Countries.

And like I’ve mentioned in other threads, America is not Italy. Or China. Or Europe. Different Age Structure, Health Issues, And Personal Hygiene Practices.
Not to mention Much Better Medical Personal & Modern Medicine Techniques here.


Hopefully, with the help of coming warm weather, and the implementing safety measures, we will soon see a decline.
Even a 1000 American lives lost, which will probably be what it rises to in a few days, is too many.
Realistically it will probably reach something along the lines of 10,000, which is WAY TOO MANY.
I hope to God we don’t reach that number, but if we do, it will be less than we lost to the Flu last year.
And not near what the Doom & Gloom Fake News Media claimed.

Small businesses are being decimated here by the lockdown and loss of revenue. Not to mention the numbers of people who have lost their jobs and are queuing up for unemployment benefits. A friend in the police force said that he has been attending an increasing number of suicides. So the consequences of this may be far reaching.

You just wonder how many dead could be from the seasonal flu and they are just padding the numbers.

10,000 deaths will be less than the flu has caused at least since 2010. The lowest annual number of flu deaths since then is 12,000 according to CDC. I hope too that it comes nowhere near that.

“This” being the panic caused by MSM

DBT,

Reading the news, current lock down measures in Oz are crazy/don't make sense.

No more than 5 at a wedding total, 10 at a funeral total,
No church, Library, museums, no sporting or any
indoor venue gatherings,,,, all those and
much more all closed, no going to the beach?..

But the public can still sit on buses and trains... Huh?

No home BBQs, no birthday parties for kids
But you can still send kids to school... WTF?

France has even banned jogging within 1 km of
Residential areas... Bonkers!

Like Trump said today, if they try to milk this $hit past Easter, it's time to throw the damn tea in the harbor, and get the hell back to life.

Churches should just announce they will be opened on Easter. People can still use individual judgement instead of being led around like the press has a chain on your gonads.

Not sure, none of it matters, gonna get us or it won't. Same with everyone.
That said there sure are some that need to get gone..

The largest County in my area, here in TX, where I was born and raised, about 60 miles south of the Ranch has a population of about 150,000. Still no cases there.
Most of the surrounding Counties have a population of maybe 20,000 or less.

In the 10 County area surrounding that largest central County that makes up this area, there are 3 total confirmed cases. Period.

Granted, we are fairly rural, mostly farming and ranching / agriculture based economies with some oil and gas industry’s and 3 large military bases, but I would guess that it’s a pretty good representation of a lot of America, that’s not crammed in the major metropolitan areas. Another words “flyover” country.

But I’m guessing most of flyover country in America is going to be OK, save for the severe economic depression this has brought about.
Most folks here are keeping to themselves and doing so to protect their families from exposure. Streets are pretty empty.
Kinda looks like Super Bowl Sunday street traffic wise most days. Eerily quite except for grocery stores & WallyWorld.
Lots of restaurants and small businesses will soon be boarded up if this continues, but at least we are surviving this mess so far.

If you are Catholic you should be good to stay home on Easter.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pope-coronavirus-easter-cancelled/2020/03/15/id/958374/

The Lord is risen!

He is risen indeed!

Hallelujah!

The 2019-20 flu season has killed about 14,000 in the US

No.

Nope. This won't kill as many as the H1N1 pandemic in 2009-2010. That one killed around 20,000 and this one hasn't killed 1000 yet and is beginning to slow down. This is an intentional panic for political gain.

And 34,000 deaths in 18’/19’

I'm glad to hear that. So far, no cases in our county. But the 8 counties surrounding us each now have one or two cases in all but two of them.

23,000 due to the f-word that we can't compare to, according to CDC.

The government is clamping down further again to reduce crowds (funerals, weddings, nail clinics etc) yet sending crowds to Centrelink to get the dole. Yet here in Brisbane they are also continuing with a local council election - crowds to line up on Saturday. Oh, and our PM is again blaming the introduction on the additional restrictions on the public's failure to social distance ourselves properly. Fact is he's the one responsible for providing such unachievable guidelines in the first place.

I'm lucky and still have a job - we have been told to work from home if possible but I still come into the office because of the better computer monitors, access to printers etc. The buses are virtually empty on the way in and out of town. At some stage we may be ordered to work from home. Our company in New Zealand has done this yesterday - the number of positive cases of COVID-19 increased there from 100 to 150, triggering the order.

And what about cash? While there's a fair amount of cashless transactions made these days there's still cash being exchanged - the virus can survive fairly well on paper and coin. Will washing our hands regularly protect us enough for the cash in our pockets?

I suspect your probably fairly rural like we are here. I also expect our numbers will increase locally like they have in your area too. Let’s hope it stays that way. Relatively low numbers are a good thing! Sure am thankful I don’t live in NYC !!! Stay safe !