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#Post#: 1372--------------------------------------------------
A Different Perspective of the Coronavirus Pandemic
DIR By: Doug K
Date: December 13, 2020, 7:16 pm
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If you think that the issue with the Covid 19 pandemic may be
over soon, it most likely will not be a quick or easy solution
as some say.
The issue the United States of America has with public safety vs
public conscience & responsibility runs much deeper than a
vaccine
It appears that Covid Virus is the United States has indeed
become just a reflection of the overall division we have in
America these days. It's being fueled by political division and
the fire is being fanned by people who seem to think more about
their own needs than those of the country, or the neighbors next
door.
It appears that many in this country have lost their perspective
of what should be considered "common sense", and are now
prescribing to what many will attribute to a "cult-like"
following. What most people understand as a public safety issue,
some in this country have made a "personal rights" discussion.
While some are looking at ways to mitigate the spread of a
dangerous killer bug in the herd using masks & separation,
others are whining about the bug being a hoax, and again.. how
it affects THEIR lives.
These people really don't care about the others in the herd,
they only seem to care about the spot that is under their own
shadow.
Take a look at the United States Covid Data for 2020. This is
readily available online at
HTML https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
I have captured the Worldometer COVID-19 data table and sorted
it so that state can be compared side by side by rate of
infection per 1 million in population. Bigger states could have
more daily cases but the number per million people in that state
could be on average with any other state at that moment.
[attachimg=1]
If the case data is sorted high to low, and we use the average
number of cases per million people as a gage, the states ABOVE
the average line would have more people getting sick per capita
than those BELOW the countries' average case line.
Now here's where we add a bit of perspective... and data. I used
the recent 2020 Presidential Election map, that also shows STATE
data and placed Red and Blue labels against this Covid Data
Table...and the results are amazing.
Here's the Presidential Election Map
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And when the two data sets are combined, in order to see which
STATES are having the worst time with Coronavirus, the results
may surprise many.
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The STATES that are complaining the most about wearing masks,
social distancing, businesses closing and how their "civil
liberties" are being taken away, are the states that have the
BIGGEST issue with Covid and have more people catching &
spreading the virus, making the whole problem even worse. And
for the most part, they are in Red States... those believing
that Joe Biden still isn't the President to be
Maybe it's time for some people to look in the mirror and
recognize who is the problem?
Just saying it's time we start to fix the problem, and it starts
in RED states, because Covid 19 has now become a "republican"
plague
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Re: A Different Perspective of the Coronavirus Pandemic
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: December 16, 2020, 5:10 am
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Absolutely! I guess those that put Republican Lawn Signs up,
and and have Trump stickers on their cars have done us all a
favor. Now we can easily recognise them for what they are, COVID
spreaders, and stay the hell away from them.
Their denial of the truth will be their own demise.
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Covid19 Breaks into the Top 3 Causes of Deaths in the America
DIR By: Doug K
Date: December 31, 2020, 2:25 pm
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For a viral sickness that many are calling "just a hoax", the
Covid-19 virus at the center of the Coronavirus Pandemic has
become a quick, potent killer of Americans in it's first year.
Because once again the NUMBERS tell the whole story when it
comes to the "health of the herd".
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These numbers are based off the CDC, which many know has become
very unreliable for valid data under the Trump leadership, but
for the sake of argument we will use these numbers as most folks
in the US do as well. You can review the webpages below for more
detail as you see fit. The ECNA is just showing people the
facts, the data, and also spreading the message that Covid is no
ordinary "cold or flu" right now.
It's a better killer of Americans than many of our old diseases
combined, and certainly killing many more than guns are these
days.
CDC Website -
HTML https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days
Top 12 Causes of US Deaths -
HTML https://www.healthline.com/health/leading-causes-of-death#kidney-disease
Worldometer / Covid Tracking -
HTML https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Once the 2020 amount & rate numbers are released for the Top 10
Leading Causes of Death in America, many will finally see that
Covid-19, when it was new, killed at a rate that dwarfed all
others but a couple. This Covid 19 Coronavirus kills more people
in America than these 5 causes of death combined: Alzheimer's,
Diabetes, Flu / Influenza, Kidney Disease and Suicide. Yes
Combined!
Covid 19 may well be as deadly for Americans as all Accidental
Deaths (including gunshots), COPD and Stroke deaths... COMBINED,
before it is done with us.
Take a look at the column of numbers to the far right side of
the data table above. It's labeled - Deaths per Day and simply
divides the reported death totals for each cause by 365. Note
that Covid, if it stayed the way it started in 2020, would end
up killing just over 900 people a day. That is a number that
America may have to get used to seeing on their daily news
unless people here change their habits... and we all know who
they are.
Right now Covid-19 is the THIRD biggest killer of Americans in
2020, right behind Heart Disease & Cancer which annually are #1
& 2 respectively.
What else can be said to convince the sad minority of Americans
who still insist that Covid isn't real or is some kind of made
up political move?
NOTHING!!!
Especially when many of the people who are spreading this hoax
message, do it just because the leader of their "cult" says the
same thing.
It's a sad testament to the American Values of Truth & Justice
when someone's fractured opinions can be passed off as fact,
especially when the real data shows a much different story.
What's even worse is when that FRACTURED opinion is from our
Country's Leader, who said he would "Make America Great Again".
If this is what "great" looks like to Mr. Trump and his
followers, Americans should take note of who's flying Trump
flags in their own neighborhoods right now and be warned, people
living there are not fit to hold the Office of President in this
country.
America is Number 1 in the entire World in the number of Covid
19 Cases... that is not great.
And America is also Number 1 in the entire world for Covid 19
Deaths... That is not so great either.
In fact, 50% of the states that make up our country have death
rates per 100K population that exceed ALL of the rest of the
COUNTRIES in the world who are fighting the same pandemic.
The United States of America has become the center of the entire
world's pity, which isn't great either, since we used to be the
country that most other's envied.
But Mr. Trump has made America (and many Americans) GREAT at one
thing...
Sadly it is Dying from Covid 19!
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Re: Covid19 Breaks into the Top 3 Causes of Deaths in the
America
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: January 1, 2021, 5:10 pm
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Refusing to wear a mask?
Imagine this! During The Blitz blackout in London during world
war two, if there had been a group of people saying, " I'll turn
my lights on if I want to!" 'Germ'ans would have loved that - as
does the Corona Virus Germ.
#Post#: 1377--------------------------------------------------
Re: Covid19 Breaks into the Top 3 Causes of Deaths in the
America
DIR By: Doug K
Date: January 2, 2021, 11:00 am
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Once America, and the smarter Americans realize that Covid 19
will eventually just become "something else that can kill you",
they will also figure out that if they want to be protected they
have choices.
Covid 19 will become just like with those OTHER illnesses and
conditions in that Top 10 list, we didn't stop the world for
those did we? COPD, or Kidney disease didn't make the news cycle
each and every night. If you don't want to die from those
illnesses we all know to stop the bad habits that cause most of
them, or do it for your spouse to save them.
Listen to the words people, it's a "novel" or new Coronavirus,
meaning it's not one of the 4 common ones that have existed
along with humans for quite awhile now. And we don't talk much
about them on the news very much either...because they cause
what's called the "common cold" is all. In the end the Corona
Virus Disease of 2019 will either be like the Flu (#8 on that
Top 10 List) and you decide to get a vaccine, or it will be like
#4 COPD, which can be "curbed" by making better choices in one's
life, like quitting cigarettes or wearing a mask in public.
It will be a choice to wear masks and get vaccines... and should
be.
Because we live in a Democratic nation where people make the
decisions about what is right or wrong, not the Government.
Remember it is "By the People, for the People".
And if you chose to do nothing to protect yourself from Corona
Virus Disease 2019 then it may kill you, just like any one of
those other Top 10 causes of death in America.
And that too is the way it should be. Because we live in a
Democratic nation where any of the "herd" is allowed to run
headlong to their death over a cliff at any time.
After all, in the end it will always come down to Natural Order
and "survival of the fit". That both body & mind.
Learning from the past, is easier said than done. Remember that
America does have a long history showing why it's good to error
on the side of improving PUBLIC HEALTH, especially through
"Mass-Vaccination".
Here's the "short list" of what we know has almost eliminated
past sicknesses that have killed or crippled American's, just
like Covid-19
Polio
Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR)
Influenza (H1N1)
Rabies
Shingles
Here's a whole list of reasons why vaccinations work, probably
better than masks do, and are a great help to drive both
Infection & Mortality Rates down
HTML https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/vaccines-list.html
Sadly the TRUTH of today, Jan 2, 2021 is not great news on the
fight against Covid
The United States have only received on 60% of the promised 20
million doses of Vaccine from the Government that was part of
Mr. Trumps Warped Failure. And only 10% of those vaccine doses
ended up into the arms of American's and a Country that needs a
cure until people regain their perspective.
Because in the end it seems there is a miscommunication issue in
our Country, and the Federal & State levels are pointing at each
other as the problem
And again these are just what the numbers say, and what most
Americans agree is the Truth
Now BEFORE you all write in saying I may be rather "harsh" on
the US Federal Response to Covid-19
And some people will probably pine away about how hard the
problem is to vaccinate the entire USA, I want to remind you all
that once again, Engineers have the answers to these problems,
or can most likely remind the Government about their own tools.
Ask any Manufacturing Engineer, they have understand BIG
numbers, like making paper cups, toilet paper or even like
distributing Covid vaccines.
The solution for vaccinating millions of people is about 80
years old, and used by our own America's Military ever since.
And most people learned about this "tool" from television in the
1970s - 80s. It's called a MASH unit, Mobile Army Surgical
Hospital.
Read about it here -->
HTML https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569328/pdf/jnma00186-0014.pdf
Your would think someone in the current Federal Level would have
understood they only need to change 1 Letter to make this
distribution solution happen, a Letter S to Letter V. And then
government workers can manage the entire process from end to
end, and insure it runs as smoothly as possible.
Here's a catchy name for that solution.
MAVH - Mobile Army Vaccination Hospital. And in this day and age
it can be as small as an RV to get into more remote areas. The
local government works with the Fed Level to announce several
"vaccination day events" in areas, by zip code. That's the whole
idea of being "mobile". Now it's only an idea, a curious
thought, it still needs to be percolated and made to everyone's
taste, but it's moving in the direction of "fixing" a problem
instead of "talking" about it.
Which seems to be what Washington DC government leaders want to
do these days... talk about what "coulda, shoulda, woulda"
happened.
Especially a man who wanted to be King but ended up looking like
the court jester...a complete fool.
#Post#: 1404--------------------------------------------------
Updated Coronavirus Numbers: How did Monroe County do?
DIR By: Doug K
Date: February 11, 2021, 6:56 pm
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The quick answer: Our residents bent the curve better than the
National Average for Covid 19 fatalities here in Monroe
County... it could have been worse.
I've updated the NUMBERS on the Top 10 Causes of Death in the US
Table with Covid numbers from February 11, 2021.. Thank you
Worldometer.
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And here's the information from the Monroe County Covid
websites.
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HTML https://www.monroecounty.gov/health-COVID-19
HTML https://mappingmonroe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/217749730f174776a3896b3e8950e03b
I did a little math, and we are slightly under the current
average rate of fatality...which is way better than being over.
There are a few STATES that did not do as well as Monroe County
did, and they have just as many residents spread across wider
areas. Monroe County is just a little worse than Washington DC
and we are both close in size, our county has a few thousand
more residents than the Nation's Capital. Statistically, on
average most would say, and very good for an area that has a
major city in it, and several large Towns
Looks like until we get the majority of the almost 700K county
residents (who didn't get sick from Covid) vaccinated, we should
get use to Covid related deaths on a daily basis. If I had to
guess, and my guesses almost always involve a calculator, Covid
would result in 2 deaths per day, on average.
That's expecting this Coronavirus to stay in it's #3 position
and cause 700-800 deaths annually.
In Monroe County the numbers for deaths from Cancer causes more,
and so does Heart Disease... which are way out in their 1 & 2
positions.
Don't lose perspective.
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Re: A Different Perspective of the Coronavirus Pandemic - March
2021 Update
DIR By: Doug K
Date: March 17, 2021, 9:39 am
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It's been about a full year since the Coronavirus Pandemic
started. And this new Covid 19 version has been running through
the "herd" like wildfire. While still holding at the NUMBER 3
spot of the Top Ten Causes of Death in America, Covid is
climbing fast enough to overtake the Number 2 cause, which is
currently Cancer.
Of course this is the "different perspective" side of the
Pandemic, taken with a measure of something called
"normalization" applied. That means that the numbers we will be
showing are based on population size and shown per capita. In
fact, in this post we will add a MAP of the USA that shows the
Covid Mortality Rate for each state, based on their population
size.
Why this view?
That's easy, it's mainly because the the major news outlets are
still enamored with "Total Covid Cases" and not the important
aspect of Covid Mortality Rates.
It's not hard to see that anything related to the general HERD,
is population based, meaning that places with LARGER populations
will most certainly have more Total Covid Cases. And of course,
if that population is based near larger cities it will only
compound the "case load numbers".
And the real question might be this:
Should America be concerned with "Covid Case Load", where about
25% of the people said to be infected have ZERO SIGNS of the
Virus, or should they be concerned with how well their local
medical services are able to keep Infected & SYMPTOMATIC people
with Covid from DYING?
I know where I stand on that question... do you?
To put things in perspective and NORMALIZE the data means that
you can compare a large populated States like California &
Texas, against smaller states like New Hampshire & North Dakota.
Here's the NEW look at overall Covid Mortality Rates for the
Month on March 2021
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Now here's a look that you will NOT see on your evening news, or
morning talk shows... because it tells a whole different story
about Covid in America. It's a view of how each state did ,
compared to other, and based on the POPULATION size for each
state. Take a look at the map below to see how your own state is
fairing against this virus. The numbers in each US State show
how many people will lose their life to Covid-19 for every
100,000 people living in that State.
Bear in mind, that the entire STATE of North Dakota has less
people than the Monroe County, NY... where the ECNA is located.
[attach=2]
And the idea of keeping the COVID 19 pandemic in PERSPECTIVE
also says it's equally important to compare your data against
other herds in other Countries than your own, which we have done
here.
Please note that the population size of many countries in Europe
are smaller than ANY of the States in our country. There are
only EIGHT countries in Europe, that are larger than Texas, and
most COUNTRIES in the European Union have smaller populations
than Pennsylvania & Illinois.
[attachimg=3]
Maybe it's time that Americans wake up and ask their local
governments and also their local NEWS outlets to stop hyping up
Covid-19 Case Count and START to focus on what matters most..
people dying from this virus, and what that death rate "rolling
average" is for their area.
That will help answer the question of "When is it safe to go
outside?".
The best answer is when people stop dying every second from this
virus, and Deaths per Day in the USA drops to "flu-like" numbers
of one every 10 minutes
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When will America apply Perspective to the Coronavirus Pandemic?
DIR By: Doug K
Date: April 25, 2021, 11:44 am
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Sadly, the PRESS in this country talks a good game, about using
"facts & science", when it comes to this Covid Pandemic, but
rarely do they every apply those words to 'real reporting'. I
will show you two pictures that will hopefully explain what the
real data shows.
Most of the worldwide press, including the United States of
America, is still talking about "cases" in their countries when
it's been proven over and over that about 25% of the Covid cases
reported are people who have NO VISIBLE SYMPTOMS of the
Coronavirus disease. Its like talking about how many people buy
tissues when they have a cold... who cares?
But cases are the BIG number and when you want to instill fear,
big numbers matter with an influenza like illness causing global
sickness and mortality.
What should matter much more with Covid-19. is how many people,
in each country, are DYING from this disease, and most
importantly to any "Reopening Efforts" would be CURRENT
information & data on what's known as a 7-Day Rolling Average
for Covid. While all deaths from this disease matter to those
who lost loved ones, in the end the deaths from a year ago
really don't matter to what decisions we should be making today.
And when you look at death rates, the Covid data has to be
normalized to a "per capita" rate, so that comparisons between
larger countries, like the USA, and smaller ones like Hungary,
Spain or France. Covid Case & Mortality rates are normally
reported as an amount per 1 million people, and one of the best
sites I have found to look at Covid with a global perspective
and looking at the most recent weekly data is called
Worldometer, which tracks global population normally.
A perfect fit to combine Covid numbers with Global Population.
HTML https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/
Right now the press seems to be fixated on India, and saying how
bad things are there. They also cite cases in different areas of
the US as being "hot".
While that may be true the fact is that the ratios of US Cases
and Deaths, when compared to the Top 12 in the World, are really
not that high right now. In fact the numbers for Covid-19, for
the past 7-Day Average, are not really as bad as the regular Flu
& Pneumonia issues we normally face. But you won't hear these
smaller Covid numbers being used in your nightly news, and you
certainly won't see a shift from reporting cases to death rates
any time soon.
Because as they say... "That doesn't sell newspapers"
Current USA Death Rate from Covid 19 is at 15 per 1 Million
People.
For perspective, Flu/Pneumonia result in about 160 per 1
Million US Residents each year.
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And if you were so inclined, here's a look at the Covid Case
Rate 7-Day Rolling Average, comparing the Top 12 by Covid Cases
to the USA and a few near our rate... Very LOW compared to many
larger countries in the world.
[attachimg=2]
Now, ask yourself WHY this type of information isn't shown on US
Nightly News.
And the best answer would be the simple one... It would mean
that our country should be talking about returning back to what
we used to call 'normal' life, and not talking about why that
can't happen right now.
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