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It is weird Fauci says one thing in the briefs with the President. But publishes in the New England Journal of Medicine that it will look just like the mortality rate of the flu.

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This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.2

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/...EJMe2002387?query=RP

Despite the date shown on that page, that was published in late February. I posted about it in this thread then. If you look at the page view metrics, it has page views more than 30 days ago. https://www.nejm.org/doi/metrics/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

At the time, the fatality rate was being widely reported as 2-3%, sometimes worse.

The linked paper doesn't say the fatality rate WAS 0.1%. It was suggesting that because of undertesting, the fatality rate was likely significantly less than 2-3%, and closer to the 0.1% of a severe seasonal flu than to the MUCH higher fatality rates of SARS and MERS (which is true).

A disease as transmissible as COVID-19 and as deadly as SARS or MERS could be catastrophic.

It was thought that with expanded testing that Italy’s mortality rate would drop. The opposite has happened. It was 8%. It’s now 11%. We all know that’s not the real mortality rate, but they expected it to go down, not up.

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Seeing a ALOT of anger directed toward China on social media today.

Quite right, as long as it is directed at the government.

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Ventilator manufactor Medtronic gives away patents to its competitors
Medtronic CEO Yaron Yitzhari: 'The financial impact isn't what counts - the main thing is to save lives.'

Medtronic, the world’s largest manufacturer of medical equipment, is currently receiving large amounts of attention for its ventilator. This week, the CEO of the company's Israel division, Yaron Yitzhari, made the decision to release all of Medtronic’s patents for the production of ventilators, in order to enable any company wishing to manufacture them to use Medtronic’s blueprints, for free.

Arutz Sheva spoke with CEO Yitzhari, asking him about his decision and the possible repercussions for the company.

“We didn’t just release the patents,” he clarifies. “We’ve made available all the details of the manufacturing process, for anyone who’s interested in manufacturing ventilators himself.”

Wasn’t he concerned about the potential loss of profit for his company, almost certain to run to the millions of dollars?

“In the present situation, I’m proud to work at Medtronic,” he replies. “Our goal is to prolong lives – to save lives, in fact. This is what’s needed right now, in the emergency situation we’re in, and this consideration comes before everything else. These are unusual times, and they demand of us to act in unusual ways. So, when it comes to calculating the financial impact, it has negligible weight, because the main thing is saving lives, and that’s what our company knows how to do.”

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British Cigarette company develops a vaccine

In short, British American Tobacco claims they have a workable vaccine ready to go, and can produce upwards of 3 MILLION doses per week.

So a cigarette company, British American Tobacco (BAT) comes up with the vaccine to kill a virus that originated in a bat and destroys the lungs.....I am not sure you could make that up!

That is printed in a British paper on April 1. It's a joke. They do that.

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British Cigarette company develops a vaccine

In short, British American Tobacco claims they have a workable vaccine ready to go, and can produce upwards of 3 MILLION doses per week.

So a cigarette company, British American Tobacco (BAT) comes up with the vaccine to kill a virus that originated in a bat and destroys the lungs.....I am not sure you could make that up!

That is printed in a British paper on April 1. It's a joke. They do that.

Just reported on Tucker Carlson

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Massachusetts governor Baker has excluded gun stores from the list of essential businesses. Some gun stores are refusing to close. Things could get interesting here.

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Massachusetts governor Baker has excluded gun stores from the list of essential businesses. Some gun stores are refusing to close. Things could get interesting here.

I thought President Trump declared them essential nationally.

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I thought President Trump declared them essential nationally.

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Massachusetts governor Baker has excluded gun stores from the list of essential businesses. Some gun stores are refusing to close. Things could get interesting here.

I thought President Trump declared them essential nationally.

They were added to the CISA's updated guidance list. To my knowledge, the list is advisory and not binding on the states. Many states are utilizing it because it is easy to reference.

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/def...sion_2.0_Updated.pdf

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A pretty amazing mitzvah: Medtronic is giving away rights and manufacturing details of their ventilators for free to potential competitors.

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While holding the Chinese government responsible for how they reacted to this is to be expected, I think that China has another problem: Cultural ignorance.
I base that on my experience of dealing with the several Chinese restaurants that were on my beat. I would routinely find myself in the kitchens of these places and they were disgustingly filthy. All them were and our Health Dept. would shut them down until they cleaned up. At least one family had a half million dollar home in an upscale area that had 20 people living it. Many of the "residents" were there under a type of indentured servitude and did not speak any English. The Feds eventually raided the house and shut it down. The other Asian style restaurants in the town were dirty, too, but not at the level the Chinese places were. When I tried to dissuade my buddies from eating in these places, they ignored me and said well, thats just how they do things!
Awhile back were discussing what country represented the greatest external threat to the US. I said it was Mexico. Lots of guys said China. I stand corrected. You guys were right!