Oso planning to go pro
After seeing the way posters here and many media outlets have weaponized the death toll to induce panic/fear, yes I think a more accurate accounting of Covid deaths is important.
People aren't weaponizing the death toll. They are trying to accurately portray the state of COVID infections.But, so you agree that the actions taken by Pennsylvania and Colorado to decrease deaths, and in turn intentionally undercount COVID deaths, due to political reasons was a terrible idea. And that an accurate accounting of deaths, by including probable cases is the right thing to do.
Pakuni, in the post right above you, is weaponized the death toll.
Not really. It was a snarky comment.
Thou shall not question the well read blogger.
Considering who the poster is, it's not snark. He's the smartest one here and only speaks facts.
That same attitude shouldn’t just be reserved for Fauci, Cuomo, and the 100s of other people who can look back wishing to change a thing or two in their local response to Covid. Trump has been far from perfect in this but he seems to be the only one where perfection is expected and anything short of that makes his handling of this a complete failure.
I love the idea that no one can ever make a mistake or revisit a position based on new information. And if they do, that means that everything they have ever said previously is therefore invalid.
Facts are now 'weaponized'. Think about that for a minute.
If they adjusted it down purely for political reasons then I think that’s a terrible idea. Not sure how two D governors adjusted their death number down because of political pressure from members in a minority party with historically low approval numbers but if that’s your take have at it.I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt that maybe they are just trying to give a more accurate count. Would be interesting if states could/would list out actual deaths and then a number for “probable” deaths.
I guess that’s the root of the issue....the number that’s being reported might not actually be very factual.
If anything, it is underreported. Those who have increased it, are actually following federal guidelines.And then there is this.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/19/florida-covid-19-coronavirus-data-researcher-out-state-reopens/5218897002/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
That same attitude shouldn’t just be reserved for Fauci, Cuomo, and the 100s of other people who can look back wishing to change a thing or two in their local response to Covid. Trump has been far from perfect in this but he seems to be the only one where perfection is expected and anything short of that makes his handling of this a complete failure. Everyone said from day 1 he should listen to the scientists. Ironically, I think the biggest mistake he made was, from day 1 he was listening ONLY to his scientists.
It might be off by a fraction of a percent nationwide. But right now, an entire defense is being mounted on the notion that a few hundred deaths nationwide might possibly only have COVID as a secondary reason, that even though the patient had COVID, something else killed them. And a few death certificates out of 90k (and rising) is somehow proof of conspiracy. What a crock.
Yep. I mean, even if you and I had the authority to say, "You know what, Trumpsters ... you're right! Deaths have been over-reported by 10%!" ... that means there still have been 80K COVID-19 deaths in just a few months. Heck, even if they have been over-reported by 25%, it's still nearly 70K deaths. IMHO, based on everything I have read and heard, death totals have been under-reported, and probably significantly so. But yes, even if they had been over-reported by 10% or 15% or 25%, it's still a tragic number of deaths.Talk about a ridiculous talking point for some supporters of President Pandemic to keep harping on.
Also if it’s closer to 60K deaths as opposed to 100K then You could argue #itsjusttheflu