Another proof that the Chinese Flu is actually a pretty minor problem - from Townhall:
CDC Director Compares Rate of Suicides to COVID-19 Deaths
Center for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield said in a Buck Institute webinar that suicides and drug overdoses have surpassed the death rate for COVID-19 among high school students. Redfield argued that lockdowns and lack of public schooling constituted a disproportionally negative impact on young peoples’ mental health.
"But there has been another cost that we’ve seen, particularly in high schools," Redfield said. "We’re seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID. We’re seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess that we had as background than we are seeing the deaths from COVID. So this is why I keep coming back for the overall social being of individuals, is let’s all work together and find out how we can find common ground to get these schools open in a way that people are comfortable and their safe."
Roughly 146,000 people have died from COVID or COVID-related causes in the U.S., according to CDC data.
Only 146K deaths? About 0.05% of the population. You still have more to go to match the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic. Remember the lockdowns then? Remember the masks? Neither do I. This is even though the World Health Organization issued its first-ever Public Health Emergency of International Concern in April of 2009. Remember all of the criticism on how President Obama handled the crisis.
Good points, especially about the 2009 SwineFlu. But how many of us have worn a face mask in the last 24 hours? How many are protesting COSTCO's mandate that customers wear masks?
This nonsense won't end until the public gets a clue and starts rebelling against the oppression.