However, regarding the first point and this higher mortality rate. So far, we have 42 deaths in the US, and most all of them live in the same nursing home. For reasonably healthy people, the death rate appears to be far less than 2 percent.
There are 1800 confirmed cases and 42 fatalities; that's 2%.
The US lacks testing, so there are likely more cases -- but also more fatalities. Remember, without tests, we can't always confirm the cause of death.
The mortality rate can also vary greatly based on circumstances.
For typical healthy people, this seems to be no bigger deal than H1N1, and we barely batted an eye when 61 million Americans contracted that virus.
H1N1 in the US had a mortality rate of 0.02% (12,000 people) and a hospitalization rate of 0.4% (265k).
If COVID-19 is spread to that many people, even a 0.5% mortality rate means 295,000 deaths.
Plus, statements like that make it sound, well, like you don't care much about vulnerable people. That includes anyone with a suppressed immune system, or older people. Do you not know anyone over the age of 70? Do you not care about anyone who recently had chemotherapy? Do you not know anyone with diabetes? Are people who are vulnerable, through no fault of their own by the way, somehow worth less?
It's as if they're not telling us something.
If "they" refers to medical professionals, they are telling you everything they know.
If "they" refers to Trump, he spent weeks telling you lies and wrong information. Fortunately, the administration has now declared a state of emergency; Trump is talking about distributing $50 billion to the states to fight COVID-19. It's not a perfect response, but it is definitely a step in the right direction, and
far better than the travel ban.
We can only hope that after weeks of gaslighting, everyone is now at least on board with taking this seriously.