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I have been asking anyone I interact with whether or not anyone in their circle of family, friends, colleagues and associates has had Covid, particularly severely.
While a few folks suggest that they had a cold/flu prior to all this shutdown madness, no one has any direct acquaintance who has had the disease.
Not sure how many people are in the circles I have asked, its at least several hundred....at the alleged 3-5% infection rate, I would have expected a dozen afflictions.
Even at the 0.5% affected rate some experts are beginning to say is truly the case, there by rights and statistics ought to be a couple really sick people in the sample.
What gives?
A cynic would say it is a made up crisis, a flu that has hit seniors/unwell people hard and those make up the numbers and for the rest of us, not a big deal.
A realist would say that my sample is limited to 1% people who are younger and statistics being what they are, I just have been selective in my sample.
A liberal would say, stay tuned, round 2 is coming and be thankful we shut the economy down...THAT is why no one in your privileged circle got it.
Dennis
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