Maybe.

Except in my mind, anecdotally i knew a pretty healthy looking cop in his 50s who died. I doubt he wouldve died from the flu.

Could have…but….

Kendrick sounds like hes taken some controversial, maybe unscientific positions.

Dont mean hes wrong, but he looks like he likes to say krazy shit

We never had a hard lockdown in the US … even in NYC in March-May, there were no travel restrictions to speak of, parks were open, many stores were open, de-facto outdoor dining and bars existed.

Sweden didn’t have it right. South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan had it right … “soft” lockdowns combined with contact-tracing via apps, zealous testing programs, widespread mask use, etc. I don’t get why so many people are getting their titties in a bind about mask use here in the USA — it’s the socially least costly way of controlling viral spread.

[quote=spdrun]We never had a hard lockdown in the US … even in NYC in March-May, there were no travel restrictions to speak of, parks were open, many stores were open, de-facto outdoor dining and bars existed.

Sweden didn’t have it right. South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan had it right … “soft” lockdowns combined with contact-tracing via apps, zealous testing programs, widespread mask use, etc. I don’t get why so many people are getting their titties in a bind about mask use here in the USA — it’s the socially least costly way of controlling viral spread.[/quote]

Right, if people wore a mask, followed social distancing, limited large gatherings, SD wouldn’t have had a 2nd shutdown of dining.

As as shitty at the CCP is, they were serious about the lockdowns. People couldn’t leave their apartments, any travel outside was severely restrained, and people were constantly monitored.
(not advocating it, just stating the facts here).
People in the US should have taken it really seriously back in Feb, when China locked down a city right before Chinese NY. If they were taking that action AND allowing the world to find out, it was really f**king bad.

Let’s put it in perspective.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87812

“However, on a per-capita basis, Sweden far outpaces its Scandinavian neighbors in COVID deaths, with 567 deaths per million people compared with Denmark’s 106 deaths per million, Finland’s 59 deaths per million, and Norway’s 47 deaths per million. The Swedish figure is closer to Italy’s 581 deaths per million.”

BTW., not having a lock-down as part of a plan is not the same as not having a lock-down b/c our leader is clueless or was hoping for a miracle to happen in April.

“Previously, in the world of infectious diseases, it has been accepted that a ‘case’ represents someone with symptoms, usually severe symptoms, usually severe enough to be admitted to hospital.”

Nonsense.

HIV positive, for example, is considered a case of infectious disease even when the person shows no symptoms.

I skimmed bits of it, but didn’t read the article.