Looking at Coronavirus

From a Friend of McHenry County Bog:

Last week we heard about the loss of Chuck Wheeler (local County Board member – one of the good ones) who was tested positive for Covid-19. 

I decided to update the information on deaths associated with Covid-19. 

The CDC does report Covid-19 deaths in their Provisional reporting.  https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Week-Ending-D/r8kw-7aab/data

The Provisional Reporting is based on actual death certificates. 

Daily reporting by the media is based on information supplied by County / City  health departments. 

On average, I have found the Provisional numbers to be about 25 percent less than daily numbers quoted in the media. 

Since we killed off a lot of people in nursing homes earlier this year, the deaths have dropped significantly, but they are starting to increase again as the number of cases are also climbing. 

That said, the death rate due to Covid-19 in Illinois continues to drop and we have a governor who wants to shut down our economy because the number of cases are increasing – the ever popular POSITIVITY number which is almost totally meaningless. 

If you have underlying health conditions such as diabetes, kidney problems, cancer, copd, etc., etc., Covid-19 just like any flu is dangerous to your health. 

However, the numbers show this flu is not much more serious than any other flu epidemic we have seen in the past. 

I still want to know why the governors of states who allowed patients testing positive for Covid-19 to be admitted into nursing homes (some even mandated it) are not being held to task for their actions. 

For yours truly, the POSITIVITY numbers don’t mean much but the death rate is quite telling.

BTW, Mexico just passed the USA in the number of deaths per million residents. 

Sweden’s death rate is also climbing – still below the USA, 733 vs 595 but well above India for example which shows a death rate of 93 per million population. 

What is somewhat puzzling is the variance by country in the number of deaths due to Covid-19. 

South America was hit hard this summer, but Africa continues to have relatively low death rates due to Covid-19.  

Israel has a death rate of 295, but neighboring Palestine has a rate of 107. 

Peru has a death rate of 1,058 but Jamaica has a rate of 76. 

Observation:  As displayed in the last graph, deaths from the Flu (other than Covid-19) have dropped significantly. 

I wonder how many cases of the common flu are being diagnosed as Covid-19. 

GRAPH REPRESENTS DEATHS IN ILLINOIS AS REPORTED VIA DEATH CERTIFICATES.  The drop at the right is due to delayed submission of death certificates. 

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Deaths as a percentage of cases as reported by Health Departments in Illinois https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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This graph represents deaths by “Flu” other than Covid-19

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Comments

Looking at Coronavirus — 28 Comments

  1. Good info.
    And therein lies the problem: how to get the data-supported story leading the headlines rather than the story trumpeted by politicians.
    That is, we need some journalists, not parrots.
    Yes, I may be delusional on that front.
    Nonetheless, it is a different animal than the flu.
    Over 40% of the beds at Condell in Libertyville are Covid patients, something that never happened with the flu. They’re doubling up Covid patients now to handle the increasing numbers.
    It remains puzzling, however, why the governor believes shutting down businesses is the best course of action.
    Florida took a lot of heat this summer for choosing a different path and–so far–they’ve managed to keep out of the new lately.
    On the other hand, NY is considering something irrational, not surprisingly, like locking down even though the data suggest the state is doing ok.
    Politically, I don’t see how he has any chance of being reelected unless the Republicans choose a complete mope, so that would be a weird tact if that’s his angle.

  2. Did you write this or did the “friend” write this? I had no idea you were a Communist, Cal! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A VIRUS Let alone a FAKE one called COVID!

  3. Cindy:

    I will never forgive you for your comments when others were expressing their grief over the death of Chuck Wheeler.

    That you are unwilling to differentiate between your message and when and where and how it is appropriate, that you are unwilling to recognize how cruel your remarks were at that time and in that place marks you as a kindred spirit of the self-anointed “Reverend” Fred Phelps, who crashed soldiers’ funerals with vulgar, hate-filled signs and chants.

    You’re a mean person with an ugly, deformed soul.

    In other words, Cindy, it’s not about whether you’re right or wrong on your conspiracy theory.

    It’s much simpler than that:

    You’re a jerk.

    And so I curse you:

    May everyone in the world, and especially those you care about, treat you for the rest of your life as you have treated people on this blog.

    And at the end of your short, miserable, lonely life, may God judge you with the same harshness that you have judged others.

  4. Cal

    Let’s not forget that the Pritzker family has a financial interest in covid test.

    If I remember right, his brother owns the test making company that Illinois is using for test kits.

    But I figured there billions would be enough for them.

  5. Well put Steve Wilson!

    I couldn’t agree with you more.

    I wish Cal would ban her

  6. You are an idiot, Steve, you pusillanimous freak. You are talking like a complete moron. No surprise there. People that curse others will find themselves in the Lake of Fire. Enjoy your Lake of Fire, Freedom fighter. Now there’s a social justice warrior name if ever I ever saw one. All you virtue signallers will be facing the same fate. Cowards are the first in line!

  7. https://nypost.com/2020/11/15/social-distancing-masks-necessary-after-getting-vaccine-fauci/

    Yes follow the science lol.

    What a joke.

    Dr Fauci now says that even after we all get vaccinations we still need masks and social distancing.

    His logic, even though we know the vaccine is 90-95% effective in the general population, you don’t know how effective it will be for you.

    That is NOT science, it is FEAR MONGERING.

    Our top scientists are now saying, don’t trust the studies, continue to be scared.

    This man should not have a job.

    Way more interested in politics than telling the truth.

  8. I welcome Cindy and Steve soon to my eternal dwelling Hell.
    😈👿👹👺

  9. “If it were art to overcome heresy with fire, the executioners would be the most learned doctors on earth.”
    Martin Luther, To the Christian Nobility of the German State

  10. We still don’t have cures for colds, flu, AIDS, etc., but scientists are heavily featured with all their knowledge.

    Why?

    When they speak, “may” and “might” is used often.

    Aren’t they suppose to know for sure? 🤔

  11. I believe it was during the library expansion conversation Steve pointed out the folks serving on the various Boards(library, park district, health department….) were supposed to be the representative voice of the Taxpayer but rather were their pet projects most vocal cheerleaders.

    We expect the Fauci’s of our society to take the most medically defensive position.

    This is why broader government exists.

    Health is not a society’s sole priority or interest.

    Those who think Fauci and the words which drip from his lips should be followed to the letter are ignorant at best.

    The USA is one of the most complex and intertwined societies in human history.

    To expect one lever of governance to be the sole voice of need and reason in any circumstance in our country is wildly stupid.

    Liberals love slavery.

    Liberals have nearly fully bamboozled the black vote into abject eternal slavery and are hungry for more control.

    Never waste a good crisis.

    This pandemic is a soft threat which should be treated as seriously as our debt bubble, a nuclear Iran/North Korea or any number of other threats.

    This is not the only threat.

    The other complication for Liberal wanna be slave masters is we live in a free society where, unfortunately for their authoritarian desires, government may really only offer suggested parameters.

    We don’t allow our government unlimited power to order us toward self destruction.

    That is the purview of dictatorships, not republics.

    Businesses couldn’t care less about Pritzker at this point.

    If it’s the death of their dreams, starvation of their families or disobeying unconstitutional orders from a loser wanna be plantation owner folks are just going to tune Pritzker out.

    I have yet to meet the Brownshirt willing to show up to actively destroy people’s lives and livelihoods.

    Fat boy has a problem within the ranks.

    His orders to destroy The People must be enforced or he is just a toothless goof with no impulse control.

    Since the enforcers like living in a free society with friendly neighbors rather than a slave camp I guess idiot Liberals are just going to have to resign themselves to whining even more than they already do.

    Balance must be maintained.

    The consequences of long term imbalance because liberals don’t like the chaotic lack of government control a Free Society engenders is unthinkable.

  12. “We still don’t have cures for colds, flu, AIDS, etc., but scientists are heavily featured with all their knowledge. Why? When they speak, “may” and “might” is used often. Aren’t they suppose to know for sure?”

    No scientists do NOT know things for sure. Science is basically, make an educated guess, then come up with a way to test your theory. Often times the initial theory is wrong but keep repeating and eventually you get an answer.

    On top of that, people such as Fauci have a very narrow point of view.

    The best use of such experts is to help the decision maker understand what may happen in different scenarios.

    The decision of what to do is not a question of science.

    It’s a question of politics because it requires balancing many competing interests and science can’t tell us what the morally right thing to do is.

  13. Neal, thank you. 🙂

    Some scientists say The Bible’s Creationism is fake, but promote The Theory of Evolution (a theory). 😐

  14. Sorry there Eddie, Creationism is merely Christian mythology based on oral traditions handed down over a myriad of generations codified then translated many time over.

    The “theory” of evolution is based on scientific observation and fact.

    I’ll take science over “faith” any day.

    Please don’t discount the “faith” as a means of maintaining a religions socio-economic impact on society.

    Look what faith has done to the mind of Cindy, she has already declared that we will burn in the fires of hell when that is not even her decision to make.

  15. Eddie and Neal, do you know why? Because none of those “diseases” exist! They made them up just like this latest fantasy that they are now using to scare everyone into constant fear and obedience to their new world odor. You cannot find a cure for something they cannot even study! You have been lied to about ALL of virology. Please get yourelf a copyies of “Invisible Rainbow” by arthur Fristenberg; “What Really Makes You Ill?” by Dawn Lester and David Parker; and “Magnetobiology: Underlying Physical Problems” by Vladimir N. Binhi if you really want answers.

    https://www.bitchute.com/video/xmkLRGRk2YCu/

  16. Cindy, I echo Steve’s sentiments.

    You are a scourge in our community who lacks any sense of self-awareness or dignity.

    “Incompetent people don’t know they’re incompetent and therefore incapable of improving.” –Me

    I don’t know if it’s for entertainment or an overabundance of grace–truly, undeserved favor–that Cal does not ban you from this forum.

    Whatever the reason, we’re all the worse off because of it and if that gives you delight then it underscores why most contributors here would love to see you vanquished in whatever form it occurs.

  17. Stephen, what facts.

    Charles Darwin said man came from monkey.

    If so, people would have tails and monkeys as pets. 😁🐒👮

  18. Oh yes Darwin. This is actually a great example of what happens when you take follow the science to the extreme.

    I don’t know how many of you are familiar with the eugenics movement and things like forced sterilization that occurred in the US because of it.

    It was such a popular movement at the time it was even part of Hitlers inspiration.

    Blindly following science seems to have a sketchy history it seems.

  19. Some scientific online articles suggest that some Africans moved to Sweden a gazillion years ago and became White. 🤔😮

  20. Sephen? You err. I NEVER EVER said it was my decision. It is YOUR DECISION. Looks like you picked the wrong one. Don’t try to put that on someone else. It is YOUR freewill that puts you in the line you are standing in.

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