In their typical illogical, uncritical, emotion-based fashion, some liberals are crying doom and gloom over Wisconsin's court-ordered reopening. There is now a thread in this forum that claims that the state supreme court's decision, issued two weeks ago, to void the governor's lockdown has caused a massive amount of new deaths. This is nonsense.
In the last two weeks, May 15-28, there have been a grand, whopping total of 116 COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin. That equals 8.2 deaths per day. If we were to assume that this death rate will continue for the next 365 days, that would equal 2,993 deaths--2,993 deaths out of the state's 8.2 million residents, or 0.0365% of the state's population. 0.0365% is 28 times lower than 1%.
So, again, even if the death rate for the last weeks of 8.2 deaths per day were to continue for the next 365 days, the number of deaths would be 28 times lower than 1% of the state's population.
Liberals just can't seem to grasp the simple point that most people are unwilling to continue to destroy our economy to save a tiny fraction of the total population. That is why we don't shut down highways and roads to stop traffic deaths. That is why we don't close hospitals and clinics to prevent the 250,000 deaths caused by medical errors each year. That is why we did not impose drastic lockdown measures in response to the 1957-1958 Asian Flu pandemic, even though it killed the current-day equivalent of 216,000 Americans (116K, or 0.66% of the population at the time, which equals 216K today).
Liberals scream that the number of cases in Wisconsin has risen since the state reopened. Yes, of course, because the state is no longer forcing people to be cooped up in their homes and apartments for most of the day, seven days a week. The number of cases is meaningless. The number of deaths is the key statistic.
In the last two weeks, May 15-28, there have been a grand, whopping total of 116 COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin. That equals 8.2 deaths per day. If we were to assume that this death rate will continue for the next 365 days, that would equal 2,993 deaths--2,993 deaths out of the state's 8.2 million residents, or 0.0365% of the state's population. 0.0365% is 28 times lower than 1%.
So, again, even if the death rate for the last weeks of 8.2 deaths per day were to continue for the next 365 days, the number of deaths would be 28 times lower than 1% of the state's population.
Liberals just can't seem to grasp the simple point that most people are unwilling to continue to destroy our economy to save a tiny fraction of the total population. That is why we don't shut down highways and roads to stop traffic deaths. That is why we don't close hospitals and clinics to prevent the 250,000 deaths caused by medical errors each year. That is why we did not impose drastic lockdown measures in response to the 1957-1958 Asian Flu pandemic, even though it killed the current-day equivalent of 216,000 Americans (116K, or 0.66% of the population at the time, which equals 216K today).
Liberals scream that the number of cases in Wisconsin has risen since the state reopened. Yes, of course, because the state is no longer forcing people to be cooped up in their homes and apartments for most of the day, seven days a week. The number of cases is meaningless. The number of deaths is the key statistic.
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