Notice that the flu was killing far more people than the virus until the end of March and that the flu is still killing more people than the virus in some areas. And it is also important to note that the criteria to define a death as 'Covid related' is very broad. If you coughed "once" and then died... you died of Covid.
A big part of the reason for the virus' rapid spread is because most of those infected (60% to 80%) show little to no symptoms. Compare that to the flu. And the mortality rate is not level across all ethnicities. But if you are a white middle aged person with no underlying health issues, the mortality rate is well below 1%. Just how far below may never be known because of inadequate testing and selection bias. In the US that may have more to do with living arrangements than race. If you've ever worked/lived in the inner city of any city... while certainly not universal... you will still find a larger % of multi-generational families either living together, or in the same housing complex than out in the suburbs... It's very difficult to keep everyone separated in those conditions, especially the kids that won't understand why they can't play with their cousin down the hall, and come back and jump up and Grand-mom's lap.
Another thing that is interesting is the complete outbreak mess in NYC... While there is very little outbreak in Tokyo Japan. Tokyo makes living in NYC feel like your in the suburbs... yet they have very little covid deaths. I couldn't find a specific list for Tokyo itself, but as of yesterday, Japan as a whole only has 13,756 cases and 376 deaths across ALL of Japan... Which includes tightly packed Tokyo. Why is that? Japan never instituted a complete lockdown destroying their economy, apparently their laws don't allow it. They did ban entry to the country for anyone from China (the day AFTER we did here)... and also a few days later, anyone that had a recent passport stamp from China regardless of Country of Origin. That may have helped slow it down compared to NYC, where thousands poured into the city from Italy, many from Wuhan. However since then NYC was in lockdown and the virus still spread, Japan wasn't. Japan made suggestions to stay separated, but didn't "request" some schools, theaters, & sporting events to close until April 8-10th. So why doesn't Tokyo have MORE deaths than NYC... rather than a mere fraction? Maybe the Chinaman that designed it, was able to build in a certain distaste for Asian blood.
On a lighter note... Anyone "with a sense of humor" pull up YouTube and enter the phrase "siri don't want the rona" Click on any of the 1st 3, with the dude sitting in a car on his phone...
Won't post a link. I'm not one of the privileged few that can post a NSFW video here, without a ban. A little swearing, so if you are one of the guys here with NO sense of humor, don't view it.
whoa, whoa, whoa, be careful, your gonna rile up the fear-mongers from "monarchia" and "trumussia" (hhmm, those location sure sound POLITICAL to me, maybe the mods should do something about it). Then they will have to respond by typing a bunch of words/drivel that I'm going to have to scroll past without reading..........
