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Previous Results:
5/11: 1,982 votes: Y: 28% N: 72%
5/04: 1,680 votes. Y: 26% N: 74%
4/27: 2,023 votes. Y: 25% N: 75%
4/20: 2,091 votes. Y: 22% N: 78%
4/13: 2,043 votes. Y: 21% N: 79%
4/06: 2,043 votes. Y: 19% N: 81%
3/30: 1,853 votes. Y: 11% N: 89%
3/24: 1,945 votes. Y: 07% N: 93%


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Thats a pretty steady change. Thanks for keeping up on this, its fascinating.

My daughter started a hospital based internship at a large regional hospital today. They took her temp upon entry. No PPE necessary. Even the nurses she had lunch with who worked with covid patients said that unless face to face they were not wearing masks. So over this hysteria.

I don’t believe that number since Dr. Birx admitted that the number of deaths are being inflated with people that have pre-existing conditions and already have one foot in the grave.

It’s totally overhyped.

I agree. Thanks, Shaz!

Unfortunately yes I know half a dozen people that got the virus. Luckily they all recovered.

Yep. Dr. Birx admitted to inflating the deaths. Thanks for posting that so I didn’t have to.

Except she said it’s not complications from the Chinese virus. It’s complications from heart failure, kidney disease, cancer, a tumor, liver failure... ect... ect...

You have to work on your reading comprehension kiddo.

Nope. Most die from pre-existing conditions and the number is inflated according to Dr. Birx. I don’t know why you’re having such a hard time understanding what she said. 🤷🏻‍♂️

In about 2 months we went from just over to 1 in 20 to more than 1 in 4. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues over the next 2 months.

The percentage of “yes” answers keeps going up every time does question is asked.

Answering yes for the first time.

We just passed 90,000 deaths in three months. Stop being an ass.

I do not no one single person or heard of any of friends or family members of friends

A few people from my temple

You do. Other countries are doing it correctly. We are not. The number is inflated in the US according to Dr. Birx.

Nope. Is this still a thing?

I think it will definitely increase as things reopen.... it is sad that people care more about money than health.

A coworker's sister just died from COVID last week. No underlying conditions, she just couldn't breathe.

I’d say 90,000 American deaths in three months is cause for at least a hint of hysterics.

We hit 90,000 deaths today. That’s the equivalent of 3,000 9/11s or 22,500 Benghazi’s.

It’s probably too late now but I wish this series stressed actively infected. It seems pointless to keep answering yes when the subject has been recovered for nearly 2 months

Yup- I currently have Covid19 :/ I am a nurse so I most likely picked it up at the hospital.

I don’t know anyone who has had it.

Tons now. My best friends and girlfriend all work together and their job had an outbreak basically everyone in the building got it but her since she is the secretary up front.

I do not know anyone outside of nursing homes that are covid positive or died from it.
I do know several people who died of other things but were labeled as covid (even though it was cancer or a CV issue)

And I know a lot of HC people (from doctors nurses ancillary services suppliers and admin )

30 9/11s, you mean.

Yes sorry. Put the rounded death count instead of the factor. My bad.

A father figure who raised me passed away from it in April.

No, I probably had it December or November.

Family friend was diagnosed over a month ago. He has recovered now. A few of my step-dad’s customers have also been infected, but he hasn’t had contact with them. My Mimi’s old co-worker who she always talked about with me died from it, sadly.

As you’d expect. It’s really an awesome poll idea.

Overall though, aren’t total deaths (including everything: accidents, homicides, seasonal flu, heart disease, cancer) down in this social distancing period? Maybe there’s an inverse 9/11 going on here, so to speak.

Kind of. Cousin of my brother-in-law just was released after three weeks in the hospital.

I have a friend dead of it. I have a family member dead of it.

OZ - I'm just curious. How did you answer this question?

Yes but I don't really like them.

Dr. Birx is a Trump parrot.

We had practically zero testing infrastructure from January - early April. We are definitely undercounting the deaths. Not over counting.

That’s also not what Dr. Birx said: "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 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. Right now ... if someone dies with COVID-19 we are counting that as a COVID-19 death." That’s not remotely the same as you’re making it sound.

The mental acrobatics you must have to leap through to come to that conclusion is baffling. If they died from complications from COVID-19, then guess what? They died from COVID-19. That’s how coroners work. Also, everyone knows you’re liking your own posts. 😂

😂

Me either.

She said “other countries.” Who needs to work on their comprehension?

Fever (highest was 101) but now 99s. Headache that just wont go away. Loss of taste/smell. Swollen glands, and cough

No, the other countries are counting wrong. Even if they are vulnerable in other ways, if they died from COVID, they died from COVID. This virus just happens to affect those people the hardest. Some viruses, like the 2008 flu, affected young people more severely.

In other words, other counties are undercounting. We were DEFINITELY undercounting, probably for months.

What’s the severity of your symptoms?

Statistically, it would have to go up. The question is, do you know anybody who *has been* diagnosed? So, even after that person either recovers or dies, you will continue to answer yes, every time the question is asked.

The thing to look at is the percentage of increase. It went up more quickly, at the beginning of this series. Also, as @Jerbehr suggested, a better question might have been, do you know someone who *now* has the virus?

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No. A couple of coworkers but that's it.