A local mayor posted this yesterday regarding the disparity of death rates between states, in particular, Illinois. And between 'closed' states and 'open' states. A long but interesting read.
Here in our own southern Illinois county we have had 11 cases diagnosed. 8 have recovered and none have died. We have 2 towns that straddle the Interstate, have the Federal Court house, a Wal-Mart SuperCenter, and a large farm supply store, so we are hardly isolated. But we are still in lock-down. The worst casualties in this mess are our local small businesses. They are dropping left and right. Needlessly!
This whole thing has been politicized to the point that it is no longer recognizable. What few statistics that have been available have been skewed at every step. But there has been 2 things that have been consistent: 1) is that the 'expert's' predictions have ALL BEEN VERY WRONG! Wrong to the point that they have not even been in the ball park. 2) the 'expert's' predictions have all been way high
