Just to keep track of the nonsense that has wrecked our economy and generally made our politicians run around as if their fool heads were on fire, each day I publish the corona virus total death toll in the US based upon the latest data I can find. A single death is an immense tragedy if you love the person. However, we are not talking about love, but rather public policy, which should always involve a sober analysis of risk and cost. Please recall that in a bad normal flu year our death toll in the US can be as high as 90,000.
Note: this will be a total death toll since the beginning of this bad farce, and not a daily toll. As of the beginning of July 21, 2020 the claimed, as suspect as that claim is, death toll is 143,741.
The UK has decided to examen its numbers a little more closely, and hopefully honestly. I wonder if the US will at some point.
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https://www.itv.com/news/2020-07-18/publication-of-daily-coronavirus-death-figures-put-on-pause-as-matt-hancock-calls-for-reviewinto-phe-data
And speaking of the Black Sniffles, this from Instapundit:
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/388387/#respond
Wherein we learn that a Kentucky couple who tested positive for the CCP virus have been fitted with ankle monitors to prevent them from going more than 200 feet from home. Because, you see, they refused to sign documents promising to stay home, as the wife was concerned it could prevent her going to the hospital in an emergency.
This should do wonders for getting people to volunteer to be tested, eh?
Seen on the web. Our Amish brothers and sisters haven’t been affected by the China virus. They don’t have TV.
Ninety per cent of the time you need a China virus test to know you have it. And, 30% of them are false positives. Unless, of course you want to screw with Trump and your test center comes up with 100% positives: you’d think they were stuffing ballot boxes. .
I just had a colonoscopy this AM. The Doc required everyone to get a china virus test. I and every other person his office tested was negative, so far.