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re: Big Ten discussing start of college football season on week of Thanksgiving
Posted on 8/28/20 at 2:07 pm to DawgsLife
Posted on 8/28/20 at 2:07 pm to DawgsLife
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If you want to count the short season of flu that we have come out of....I really don't know. And are you talking United States or world wide?
From what I'm reading from it doesn't matter, both are higher for covid.
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and the numbers start to go WAY down when you narrow the focus to people 20 years old and under. (The common age for college football players)
I don't disagree with that. I just saw your overall point about the deaths as a whole. Im sure that the flu probably is just as bad if not worst than covid for young people.
John Hopkins
Not sure when originally written but the part I linked was updated for today
This post was edited on 8/28/20 at 2:09 pm
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Posted on 8/28/20 at 2:13 pm to rockiee
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From what I'm reading from it doesn't matter, both are higher for covid.
Well, it really does matter, because the flu season lasts from December until march, a 4 month period of time while Covid can spread 12 months out of the year.
Unless I am misunderstanding what you are saying. Again, I am not arguing that infection rates are higher for the flu. I am arguing that death rates for Covid have been greatly exaggerated as evidenced by the CDC report.
quote:I apologize. I was being way too vague. I was mainly arguing from the perspective of the college football season. I should have been more clear.
I don't disagree with that. I just saw your overall point about the deaths as a whole. Im sure that the flu probably is just as bad if not worst than covid for young people.
Thanks for the link. I was not trying to be a jerk. I just want to stay informed and reading articles such as the one you provided will give me more information and a wider base of knowledge.
I'll take a few minutes and read your article.
Posted on 8/28/20 at 2:24 pm to rockiee
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Not sure when originally written but the part I linked was updated for today
That's not clear. I guess my question would be was the entire article read through and updated again, or just a small fact here and there? No way of knowing, but you would THINK the whole thing was updated to current knowledge.
One thing I noticed, though about their statistics for the flu and covid is this:
COVID-19: There have been approximately 832,419 deaths reported worldwide. In the U.S, 180,857 people have died of COVID-19, as of August 28, 2020.*
Flu: The World Health Organization estimates that 290,000 to 650,000 people die of flu-related causes every year worldwide.
When you consider that the flu generally has it's heyday over a period of 4 months, and the Coronavirus has been around for 6 or so, the numbers are startlingly similar. take 2 months of Covid deaths away from the statistics and the numbers change dramatically.
It never ceases to amaze me how so much contradictory information gets released on an almost daily basis.
I have heard:
Wear masks
Masks can be harmful to the wearer over a period of time
Masks do not protect the wearer, only from spreading covid
You only need to wear masks if you are caring for someone with covid
That is just a small snapshot of stuff I have heard in the last month or two by various "medical professionals".
It is getting harder and harder to know what to believe and what to disregard.
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