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One in One Thousand

KarenQVC — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:37:02 GMT

As of today, one out of one thousand Americans is dead of covid. I think of them and their families.

I also wish peace for those who will still die. Hundreds of thousands.

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happycat — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:45:24 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
As of today, one out of one thousand Americans is dead of covid. I think of them and their families.

I also wish peace for those who will still die. Hundreds of thousands.

That is certainly disturbing.

I worry what the next year holds for us. I'm worried the worst may be yet to come. I'm thankful for the vaccine, but we all aren't going to be vaccinated. If people refuse to wear a mask, I can't imagine them being willing to be vaccinated.

Hopefully those of us who want it will be able to get it.

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CrazyDaisy — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:54:52 GMT

For comparison....this is less than 0.1% of the US population while the Spanish flu pandemic killed an estimated 1-2 % of the population. Appears we are much better at preventing and treating these viruses.

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itsmagic — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 01:56:51 GMT

Our friend died yesterday morning from Covid after being on a ventilator in ICU for over 2 weeks. I’m sad that he had to be one of the “one in one thousand”.

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RoughDraft — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:14:36 GMT

CNN has been running a documentary about the 1918 pandemic. It's worth watching if for no other reason, it shows how human beings fought isolation and distancing then as they do now for various reasons that cannot be discussed here.

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suzyQ3 — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:35:55 GMT

I fear that people have become inured to the stats and don't make that empathetic leap to pictures then as individuals, human beings.

And what is up with someone posting something that sounds very much like a minimizing of the numbers by comparing it to another pandemic?

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Drythe — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:48:16 GMT

Comparison using 2020 numbers.

Germany has @1/4 the population of the USA

Germany has had 30,900 COVID Deaths

America could have done better.

This is Math - Not Politics.

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suzyQ3 — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:00:14 GMT

@itsmagic wrote:
Our friend died yesterday morning from Covid after being on a ventilator in ICU for over 2 weeks. I’m sad that he had to be one of the “one in one thousand”.

@itsmagic, how heartbreaking. I am so sorry.

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happycat — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:01:52 GMT

@itsmagic wrote:
Our friend died yesterday morning from Covid after being on a ventilator in ICU for over 2 weeks. I’m sad that he had to be one of the “one in one thousand”.

I'm so sorry, @itsmagic.

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Barbara-QVC — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:03:51 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC because it is baiting

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golding76 — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:04:31 GMT

itsmagic,

I am sorry for the loss of your friend.

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Marp — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:06:44 GMT

The 1918 flu, also known as the Spanish Flu, lasted until 1920.

Before COVID-19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the Spanish Flu.” The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I). In the United States, a quarter of the population caught the virus, 675,000 died, and life expectancy dropped by 12 years. With no vaccine to protect against the virus, people were urged to isolate, quarantine, practice good personal hygiene, and limit social interaction.

The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in an American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.

On December 14, the U.S. surpassed 300,000 deaths, with an average more than 961 deaths per day since the first known deaths in February. More than 50,000 deaths were reported in the past month.

On December 17, the U.S. passed 17 million case

On December 21, the U.S. passed 18 million cases

By December 26, one out of every 1,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.

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tucsongal — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:09:34 GMT

The impact of this pandemic cannot be measured by mortality rates alone, although they are bad enough. People are suffering long term effects from Covid and the toll on healthcare workers, first responders etc. is simply tragic. People no doubt already have and will suffer from PTSD, in part because so many have disregarded basic preventative measures for a variety of very sad reasons.

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Beth-QVC — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:11:44 GMT

political

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Barbara-QVC — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:16:49 GMT

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happycat — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:26:58 GMT

@Marp wrote:
The 1918 flu, also known as the Spanish Flu, lasted until 1920.

Before COVID-19, the most severe pandemic in recent history was the 1918 influenza virus, often called “the Spanish Flu.” The virus infected roughly 500 million people—one-third of the world’s population—and caused 50 million deaths worldwide (double the number of deaths in World War I). In the United States, a quarter of the population caught the virus, 675,000 died, and life expectancy dropped by 12 years. With no vaccine to protect against the virus, people were urged to isolate, quarantine, practice good personal hygiene, and limit social interaction.

The first recorded U.S. case of the new virus was also reported on January 20, in an American citizen traveling from Wuhan, China, to his home in Washington state.

On December 14, the U.S. surpassed 300,000 deaths, with an average more than 961 deaths per day since the first known deaths in February. More than 50,000 deaths were reported in the past month.

On December 17, the U.S. passed 17 million case

On December 21, the U.S. passed 18 million cases

By December 26, one out of every 1,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.

Thank you, @Marp.

I will not be trying to minimize

this, I appreciate all of your info about these statistics.

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elated — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:50:10 GMT

I was doing research and nearly 2.4 million people die each year in the U.S. Nearly 45,000 die in road accidents. Homicides, drunk driving and poisoning kill 17,000 people a year. These are disturbing facts and this does not minimize what is happening in our country but we need some perspective. It is strange we have no deaths from the flu. I am just trying to say we have to realize many people who have succumbed to Covid may have had underlying causes. I think life goes on and sorrow is part of it.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 03:58:01 GMT

@elated wrote:
I was doing research and nearly 2.4 million people die each year in the U.S. Nearly 45,000 die in road accidents. Homicides, drunk driving and poisoning kill 17,000 people a year. These are disturbing facts and this does not minimize what is happening in our country but we need some perspective. It is strange we have no deaths from the flu. I am just trying to say we have to realize many people who have succumbed to Covid may have had underlying causes. I think life goes on and sorrow is part of it.

@elated I really don't go by any of the posted statistics. They can come from anywhere and all be different. That being said, yes people die from all the reasons you listed which is part of life. However, I have been lucky to not know anyone who died from these awful ways. Have I know anyone who's died from COVID? It's up to 8 people my husband was friends with that have passed away. A town of maybe 13,000 people. For me, that is the way I must relate to this horrible pandemic.

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KarenQVC — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:01:28 GMT

The WA outfit estimates 567,000 deaths from covid by April 1. In a year we will have suffered that many and more over the usual number.

There is such unusual grief associated with these deaths. I feel I am part of this society and I am obligated to be mindful of such a tragedy.

@DrytheYes, Germany is a good comparison. Why aren't we doing as well as Germany?

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mom2four0418 — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:02:04 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
The WA outfit estimates 567,000 deaths from covid by April 1. In a year we will have suffered that many and more over the usual number.

There is such unusual grief associated with these deaths. I feel I am part of this society and I am obligted to be mindful of such a tragedy.

@DrytheYes, Germany is a good comparison. Why aren't we doing as well as Germany?

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