2.2 million was the high end but several other projections in March had the US toll anywhere from 250,000 to 1.5 million,
still well below current expectations.
Yes, sir. You are CORRECT! I remember seeing some like that too.
BUT again, even those were based on "if nothing was done to mitigate the spread"
(like we also do not do each year for the seasonal influenza.
So we have no way of knowing for sure IF those prediction for 250k to 1,500K
may have indeed occurred had the governors NOT lockdown their states all across America.
Certainly we KNOW that we have 120,000 dead NOW
**WITH** a lockdown that prevented
unprecedenting spreading of the virus everywhere!!!
WITHOUT the lockdowns we can specualte at least DOUBLE that many would be dead right now,
possibly triple or even more!
And THAT is only in 3 months! Not a full year yet!
Those high estimates are for the entire expanse of time the virus is still active --
which could be a year to 1.5 years or more!!!
Huge, HUGE difference!
It is irrational to compare extreme upper possible estimates of deaths that
might occur IF THERE IS NO LOCKDOWN -- and over the course of a full year,
with the 120,000 deaths we have had in ONLY 3 MONTHS, *with* a lockdown
that prevented it from being much
much worse!
You really want to go down the governor's trail.
No reason not to.
NOBODY is blameless! That is for sure.
Thanks to the governor of NY and the mayor of NYC, that state represents 21% of the total deaths in our country. As a matter of fact, the top 4 states NY,CA,NJ and IL represent over 40% of our country's COVID-19 deaths.
I don't get your point. I mean, I won't immediately dispute your numbers, but even if accurate, so what?
Your point isn't clear.
YOU replied this:
Considering some early models had the death toll in the US as high as 2.2 million,
I would consider the low death rate a Trump success story and an outstanding campaign commercial
and I logically refuted it, because 120,000 dead in only 3 months time
WITH A LOCKDOWN
can't possibly be compared positively to high end estimates of what MIGHT have happened over 1.5 YEARS
if there was NO LOCKDOWN.
What does that have to do with governors??
Dude, the blood is on the hands of the governors and the mayors, not on the president. Links available if needed
I am open-minded (a moderate) and willing to reverse my views in light of any new and compelling information
so ya, please provide those links.
(caveat: ultra-right-wing sources known for conspiracy theories, like OAN, will be dismissed immediately on educated principle)
The point is trump gets no victory lap for ONLY 120,000 deaths. in 3 months,
and still counting for another 9-15 months.
He did virtually nothing to keep the numbers down!
THAT was the problem.
The Mayors and Governors around the country did what was necessary. Not trump.
As a result we are fortunate there are only 120,000 deaths in 3 months....and still counting