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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,570 Standard Supporter
    Why is #MN inflating COVID-19 death numbers?

    Because they can.
  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,844 Swaye's Wigwam
    $$$$$$ $13,000 for a Vid patient in hospital, $39K if you put him on a ventilator $$$$$$$
  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,858 Founders Club

    All the more reason to keep expanding testing, which our feckless federal government is completely dropping the ball on. So far we've tested at a per capita rate of 0.0067. Some of that is a function of density, but countries like Canada, Australia, and fucking Russia are testing more than us. Pathetic.

    And yet the USA is #1 in the world for confirmed cases. 3x more than #2. Seems odd that two countries that border one another have vastly different results. The country that is doing an amazing job of testing has 20,000 confirmed cases. The country that is doing so poorly has 435,000. I'm not sure but I believe that the two countries took action around the same time to curb this scourge. Interesting difference. What (money) could be (money) the difference (money) in the two countries (money) confirmed case totals (money)?
  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325
    Look at you all suddenly upset with our for profit medical system. It’s adorable.
  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,858 Founders Club

    Look at you all suddenly upset with our for profit medical system. It’s adorable.

    The hospitals are making money on this deal. They are also being directed by the CDC to do so. This maintains the current doomsday narrative. Everyone wins!
  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    But HHusky said all the medical examiners and scientists don't do this.

    "Yesterday, Dr. Deborah Birx finally let the secret out during the daily press conference in response to a reporter’s question. “I think in this country, we’ve taken a very liberal approach to mortality,” said Dr. Birx, who along with Dr. Anthony Fauci has become the face of this push for a national lockdown.

    “There are other countries that if you had a pre-existing condition, and let’s say the virus caused you to go to the ICU [intensive care unit] and then have a heart or kidney problem. Some countries are recording that as a heart issue or a kidney issue and not a COVID-19 death.”

    “The intent is if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death,” concluded Birx."
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club

    But HHusky said all the medical examiners and scientists don't do this.

    "Yesterday, Dr. Deborah Birx finally let the secret out during the daily press conference in response to a reporter’s question. “I think in this country, we’ve taken a very liberal approach to mortality,” said Dr. Birx, who along with Dr. Anthony Fauci has become the face of this push for a national lockdown.

    “There are other countries that if you had a pre-existing condition, and let’s say the virus caused you to go to the ICU [intensive care unit] and then have a heart or kidney problem. Some countries are recording that as a heart issue or a kidney issue and not a COVID-19 death.”

    “The intent is if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that as a COVID-19 death,” concluded Birx."

    This is ridiculous. Late stage ass cancer but catch COVID when you were on your death bed, COVID death. Yeah, right. Fear train leaves at noon.