Monday, November 22, 2021

things that kill 300,000 people a year

So the news is that the coronavirus has killed more Americans this year than last year, despite a massive vaccination campaign. Both last year and this year to date, over 300,000 people have died due to the virus. How serious is that number? Are there other things that kill 300,000 people a year that we, as a nation, don't fret about? This made me curious, so I focused on the question: what else kills 300,000-ish people (Americans or not) per year? A simple Google search turns up these results (keep in mind these are claims found after a quick Google search for "kills 300,000 people a year," not scientifically rigorous data):

1. SARS-CoV-2 (USA)

2. obesity (USA)

3. air pollution (Europe, not America)

4. sudden cardiac death (USA)

5. cancer (USA?)

6. schistosomiasis (blood-fluke disease—worldwide, not just America)

7. tuberculosis (in India)

8. effects of climate change (worldwide, supposedly)

So the coronavirus is apparently in good company. Should I be paralyzed with worry about these other problems the way some people are paralyzed with fear about COVID?

From this article:

Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins’ case-to-fatality ratio for the U.S. suggests COVID-19, the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, has an approximately 99 percent survival rate. Meanwhile, it’s likely that the number of COVID-19 cases reported to the CDC—which now stands at 47 million in the United States—is likely undercounted as not everyone has engaged in routine COVID-19 testing.

Yes, I'd be more focused on case-to-fatality if I were in charge of policy. 99% survival means the disease is a goddamn joke for most of us. Even those of us in the danger demographics, like old and fat Donald Trump, get COVID and are fine a week or so later. Riddle me that.



4 comments:

setnaffa said...

Kevin, the world is full of people who are miserable and just want to make other people feel the same. Sadly, a lot of these people are in government.

John Mac said...

Yep, that's been my position from the beginning. Why are we destroying lives, jobs, economies, and freedom over a virus with a 99+% survival rate? It has never made any sense to me. I'm not a conspiracy theorist kind of person, but damn, if there is no end game to be achieved from all this madness it can only mean that our leaders are incredibly inept and stupid. Can it really be that simple?

John from Daejeon said...

It is the New World Order, but which power is behind it? Is it China, the Davos cabal, Putin, or someone still hiding behind the curtain like Soros and his Clinton puppet just waiting for Joe and Kamala to fall right into H's flabby tentacles.

Kevin Kim said...

Daejeon John,

I don't know who H is. Hillary?