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U.S. Virus Cases Are Off The Scale - But Its
People Can Build A Movement From This
By Moon Of Alabama
April 01, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" - The
latest Financial Times graphic for covid-19
cases per country shows that the U.S. case numbers
are now literally off the scale.
Source -
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When John Burn-Murdoch created that daily updated
chart he did not anticipate that any country would
have more than a 100,000 total cases. That was a
reasonable assumption as China, with 1.4 billion
inhabitants, stopped the epidemic with less than
85.000 total cases even when it was surprised by the
outbreak.
As of now the U.S. has 164.435 known cases. It
will reach a total number of several dozens of
millions and will have several hundreds of thousands
of dead caused by the covid-19 disease.
Most but not all of those who will die from it
will have one or more co-morbid diseases. The number
of death in the U.S. will likely be higher than
elsewhere because obesity, diabetes and heart
problems are more prevalent in the U.S. than in most
other countries.
Another reason why the U.S. will have a larger
than necessary outbreak is wide mistrust in the
authority of the state. A significant number of
people will reject stay at home orders or other
measures the authorities will have to take.
Then there is this:
Pouya Alimagham پويا عالي مقام @iPouya -
0:48 UTC · Mar 31, 2020
The regime doesn’t want to antagonize the
religious classes. Thus, it isn’t doing anything
about the fact that some religious sites remain
open & clerics are encouraging worshippers to
come & pray. These gatherings risk exploding
#COVID19.
I’m talking about the US, not #Iran.
The U.S. also has many people without health
insurance. The many newly laid off people will
additionally lose theirs. These people will avoid
seeing a doctor or to go to a hospital as the
enormous costs would ruin them. The for-profit
health system will reject sick persons who are
unlikely to be able to pay their bills. The cases of
people who die from such circumstance should be put
into the
death by lack of money category instead of being
blamed on something else.
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