Just for reference....there are 83-million Germans for the total population.
Total number of Covid-19 deaths? 74,643.
Total infected since day one? 2,654,734.
Total recovered? 2,409,700.
Number of Germans in a hospital presently, on a ventilator? 1,596.
Vaccinated with the first shot? 8.7-percent.
What numbers aren't collected? Well, it's a curious number and would beg for more questions....what's the number of people who've had their second bout with the virus. It wouldn't surprise me by mid-summer to have some people perhaps on their third bout with the virus.
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It seems no one is doing the math and asking some hard questions. I'd like to see the reaction, if some newspaper/tv would give a rough breakdown on the numbers:
Out of 83 million Germans being exposed to this "highly contagious" virus, 2.8% have become infected, of those infected, 2.9% have died, making it less than .001% of population.
In the U.S., we have similar ratios.
And for this, these countries have bankrupted small businesses, locked down their economies, setting them back a few years and upset peoples lives?
You are asking an awful lot out of journalists.
I follow localized numbers (my German town) a good bit. When they announce a local death...they (the local journalists) will at least tell you the person's sex, their age, and about half the time....will remark if they had pre-existing conditions (like cancer or COPD).
Even back in the fall of 2020, most folks who follow this type of reporting would suggest that the bulk (say 90-percent) of deaths revolve around folks over the age of 75. There's probably a couple of folks in their 50s, but the bulk are elderly deaths. If you approached any elderly individual (Americans included) and put the aspect of pneumonia into the situation...there's a pretty high rate of death. That's pretty much the issue that you have...if you can't survive pneumonia, it's probably the same rate for Covid-19.
As for commerce? You have a lot of people who have 'flip-switch' understanding of the market. You cannot shut-down the only ice cream shop in your town for twelve months, and expect it to reopen a year later, without any issues. I'll probably write a essay/blog over this shortly, but it's a juvenile way of thinking over how shoes are manufactured, transmissions are repaired, or how a barbershop can function.
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