US Coronavirus Model Drops Predicted Deaths Down To Approximately 60,000 People
In Brief
- The Facts:The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a research organization at the University of Washington, have revised their prediction based on updated data to approximately 60,000 deaths in the United States as a result of the new coronavirus.
- Reflect On:Were the
measures that governments took necessary? Should they have the ability
and power to
take away our rights and freedoms, and in some cases, our ability to go outside?
According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
there were approximately 45 million cases of the flu in the United
States during the 2017-2018 influenza season, which resulted in nearly
one million flu-associated hospitalizations and an estimated total of
61,000 deaths associated with the flu. It begs the question, did this
overwhelm our hospitals that year? When it comes to the new coronavirus,
the White House recently expressed that the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a research organization at the University of Washington, have revised
their prediction based on updated data to approximately 60,000 deaths
in the United States as a result of the new corona virus, out of
327,000,000 Americans.
Keep in mind, this is not a comparison
to the flu, at all, this is simply a prediction of numbers. If the
coronavirus ends up killing just as many people as the flu in the United
States, that still doesn’t mean it’s the same.
This is encouraging, given that just last week, the White House was suggesting that
up to 200,000 American citizens will die from the new coronavirus. The
briefing included projections between 100,000 and 200,000 as a possible
best-case scenario but obviously, this isn’t the case anymore. It’s also
a dramatic drop from predictions that were ranging in the millions when
the virus first started to make its way around the globe, causing fear,
panic and hysteria, something many people are still experiencing today
as a result of, I would say, media.
Another common theme that’s floating
around right now is when people can take antibody tests, for those who
desire to do so, because as you probably already know, the new
coronavirus can still be present in someone who is asymptomatic. This
has many experts suggesting that the total infection rate in the United
States and globally is most probably significantly higher than what the
numbers are showing. This means that the final death rate will most
likely be much lower than what is and will be reported.
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Experts in the field have suggested that
an accurate death rate will most likely match that of the common
seasonal flu. As soon as the World Health Organization put out a case
fatality rate of 3.4% for the new coronavirus, multiple academics jumped
in and criticized the projection. Three medical professors from Stanford University were among the first
to do so. According to an article recently published in the New England
Journal of Medicine by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Dr. H. Clifford Lane, and
Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the case fatality rate may be less than one
percent, and the clinical consequences of Covid-19 may be more similar
to that of a severe seasonal influenza. You can read more about that and
access that specific article, here.
Not only has the infection rate come
under scrutiny, but so has the death rate. There is ample evidence
suggesting that the number of deaths attributed to the new coronavirus
have not actually come as a direct result of the coronavirus, that
coronavirus deaths may actually be miscalculated. I recently published
an article about going into the evidence and providing more detail on
that, you can read it here if interested.
So, at the end of the day, we may be
looking at a higher infection rate, and a lower death rate than what the
numbers show. This begs the question, are the actions multiple
governments have taken at all justified? Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, a
specialist in microbiology and one of the most cited research scientists
in German history recently shared his thoughts on the measures that are
being taken to combat the new coronavirus. He called them “draconian”
and unnecessary, and explained why, to him, they don’t make any sense at
all. You can read more about that and watch his video here.
It does make you think, doesn’t it? It’s
even more of a head scratcher when people are being censored and deemed
as ‘false news’ for simply sharing their opinion, like Dr. Ron Paul,
who recently stated,
People should ask themselves whether this coronavirus “pandemic” could be a big hoax, with the actual danger of the disease massively exaggerated by those who seek to profit – financially or politically – from the ensuing panic.That is not to say the disease is harmless. Without question people will die from coronavirus. Those in vulnerable categories should take precautions to limit their risk of exposure. But we have seen this movie before. Government over-hypes a threat as an excuse to grab more of our freedoms. When the “threat” is over, however, they never give us our freedoms back. (source)
One more thing that I must mention is
with regards to the treatment. Events like the coronavirus are a great
way to see what governments really care about. This was even more
evident not only by the information above, but by the fact that
successful treatments were not, and are not receiving much attention
from the mainstream media. We have written about that in depth as well,
you can see a few examples here, as well as here if you desire more information about that and what specific treatments we are talking about.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates can come on television and state that things won’t go back to normal until a vaccine has reached the entire world. But is this even true?
It begs the question, do our authorities
and health care system/pharmaceutical companies actually prioritize our
health? Or are they simply in it to turn a profit, among other things?
Are our systems that surround us actually designed with the intention to
protect us, and treat us? Or is something else going on here?
Are events like these simply used,
created, heightened and capitalized on to usher in ‘bigger brother?’ A
heightened national security state, one where our rights and freedoms
are continually stripped from us, while many agree with the
justification to do so as a result of massive propaganda? Similar to
what we’ve seen with “the war on terror?”
These are just questions, and as time
continues to pass they become more and more relevant, which is why
asking these questions has now come under intense scrutiny.
The Bigger Picture
I believe events like this coronavirus
pandemic, and others like 9/11 for example, are part of humanities
natural evolution. I believe they are happening more frequently now in
order to ‘wake up’ even more people, because that’s just what they do.
At the end of the day, this pandemic will serve humanity more so than it
hurts it, because when it comes down to it, the number of deaths and
infections as a result of the new coronavirus won’t be to different from
all of the other coronaviruses in circulation, which in itself will
make people question just what has happened here. Scientists were able
to see it early on, and there will be more publications like the paper
recently published in The International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents titled “SARS-CoV-2: fear versus data which stated “that the problem of SARS-CoV-2 is probably being overestimated.” (source)
The next question is, was the problem being over-estimated purposefully
so a powerful group of people could propose the solution? This kind of
thinking is far from a conspiracy theory.
At the end of the day, events like this
make us question whether this is really the type of human experience we
want to participate in? Why do we continue electing people? Why do we
believe that powerful corporations will take care of our health? Why do
we believe that one person or group of people can change the world? Why
do we keep putting our power in the hands of the few and expecting them
to make some sort of significant change on the planet? Why do we believe
that electing a certain president will ever solve the real problems
humanity faces today? Why are we all still participating and agreeing?
Why do we constantly look to our governments for answers and solutions?
Why do we continue to believe them? And why are we so easily manipulated
and controlled to the point where mainstream media can control our
thoughts, perception and emotions about certain events over, and over
and over? Is it getting to a point where it’s a “do what we say” or
else, type of existence, under the guise that those instructions are
necessary for the greater good?
Manipulation and deception can only
continue as long as we allow it, and the manipulation and deception
we’ve faced with regards to this ‘pandemic’ again, will only serve and
help more people question our current paradigm.
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