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<blockquote data-quote="MichaelWitcoff" data-source="post: 1307832" data-attributes="member: 16038">RE: &quot;I Have Coronavirus/Cold/Flu Symptoms&quot; threadWell, the death rate is calculated based on the known infection rate. So yes I’d assume it’s much lower than they know, since if it was spreading around before they even started testing than many times more people have / had it than they’re using to calculate death percentage. Even if it wasn’t spreading beforehand, there’s no way the death rate is as high as they’re saying because to know that rate would necessitate knowing the exact infection rate and I don’t think many cities are even set up to test for it yet.Plus the mainstream media is just 24/7 fear porn anyway, so I have no reason to believe they’re being more honest about this than they are about any other topic. There are still people pretending to be serious, on major networks, saying that Vladimir Putin is secretly pulling all the strings of American politics. Do those networks have a track record of honesty that makes you think they would tell the truth about basically any situation at all?Of course not. They’re paid based on viewers and fear gets eyes on the screens and clicks on the sites. I’m not saying you shouldn’t prepare for the worst, because you should (always, not just with this virus), but letting yourself get stressed over it just lowers your immune system response and, ironically, makes you more susceptible than being level headed and smart about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MichaelWitcoff, post: 1307832, member: 16038"] [b]RE: "I Have Coronavirus/Cold/Flu Symptoms" thread[/b] Well, the death rate is calculated based on the known infection rate. So yes I’d assume it’s much lower than they know, since if it was spreading around before they even started testing than many times more people have / had it than they’re using to calculate death percentage. Even if it wasn’t spreading beforehand, there’s no way the death rate is as high as they’re saying because to know that rate would necessitate knowing the exact infection rate and I don’t think many cities are even set up to test for it yet. Plus the mainstream media is just 24/7 fear porn anyway, so I have no reason to believe they’re being more honest about this than they are about any other topic. There are still people pretending to be serious, on major networks, saying that Vladimir Putin is secretly pulling all the strings of American politics. Do those networks have a track record of honesty that makes you think they would tell the truth about basically any situation at all? Of course not. They’re paid based on viewers and fear gets eyes on the screens and clicks on the sites. I’m not saying you shouldn’t prepare for the worst, because you should (always, not just with this virus), but letting yourself get stressed over it just lowers your immune system response and, ironically, makes you more susceptible than being level headed and smart about it. [/QUOTE]

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