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[Kristin Meredith]

Yeah, amazing how WHO can say one thing in Feb, then retract it, then say it again in June, be jumped on, so retract it again.  So much for scientists and indepedent thought.  But we should still follow them because they know what they are talking about -- just like the CDC and its May 4 prediction.

[ylr]

Now I have read an article or two that states my blood type of AB+ may be the most likely of blood types to obtain the virus with O blood types the least likely.

That's nice to know, that's the blood type I have.... The fact that there's so few AB+ out there relative to O types can have their #s skewed against their favor with just a few extra cases.

[Bentley]

O+ baby!  A a kid I wanted that rare stuff!  As an adult, I will take the stuff 1 out of every 3 people have in the World.  I think it will be a little easier to find when I am bleeding out!

[okie smokie]

O+ baby!  A a kid I wanted that rare stuff!  As an adult, I will take the stuff 1 out of every 3 people have in the World.  I think it will be a little easier to find when I am bleeding out!

O neg can be given to anybody (A or B or AB  either - or + etc). O neg is called universal Donor blood.  So no worry Bentley!

[Bentley]

Like I said, I am glad I have the most common blood type in the world!


Blood group O (or blood group zero in some countries) individuals do not have either A or B antigens on the surface of their RBCs, and their blood serum contains IgM anti-A and anti-B antibodies. Therefore, a group O individual can receive blood only from a group O individual, but can donate blood to individuals of any ABO blood group (i.e., A, B, O or AB). If a patient needs an urgent blood transfusion, and if the time taken to process the recipient's blood would cause a detrimental delay, O negative blood can be issued. Because it is compatible with anyone, O negative blood is often overused and consequently is always in short supply. According to the American Association of Blood Banks and the British Chief Medical Officer's National Blood Transfusion Committee, the use of group O RhD negative red cells should be restricted to persons with O negative blood, women who might be pregnant, and emergency cases in which blood-group testing is genuinely impracticable

O neg can be given to anybody (A or B or AB  either - or + etc). O neg is called universal Donor blood.  So no worry Bentley!

[Bar-B-Lew]

AB+ can accept any type of blood so I have that going for me 

[Bentley]

This is as good a place as any for my math to be checked.  And you can read or not read anything you want into the post, I just like data and want to know if I am correct.  If you had 276,061 deaths in a population of 328,239,523 would the Percentage of overall death be 0.0008410?

[WiPelletHead]

I believe the answer should be 0.084%

[GatorDave]

This is as good a place as any for my math to be checked.  And you can read or not read anything you want into the post, I just like data and want to know if I am correct.  If you had 276,061 deaths in a population of 328,239,523 would the Percentage of overall death be 0.0008410?

0.0008410352217091175824064306844608715812690234746654807928172622 to be more exact..lol.  Of course, that number is overall population to covid deaths, not people who who contracted covid to covid deaths.  I don't think anyone knows what the real number for that is because many deaths have been attributed to covid just because someone had it regardless of what they actually died from.  Also, the number of positive tests are inflated somewhat due to people having multiple covid tests to make sure they no longer test positive after they have had it.

[02ebz06]

The suicide rate, drug overdose etc will all go up due to economic crash.

If there is mass unemployment and an economic crash, how are people going to buy the drugs to overdose on?

People just retired or planning to retire may now never get to.
Already retired may have to try re-enter the work force and fight for jobs while massive unemployment rates exist.

Got any facts for this?
No way in xxxx I'm going back to work.

[pmillen]

This is as good a place as any for my math to be checked.  And you can read or not read anything you want into the post, I just like data and want to know if I am correct.  If you had 276,061 deaths in a population of 328,239,523 would the Percentage of overall death be 0.0008410?

276,061 ÷ 328,239,523 = 0.00084.  That's 0.084%, or 84 thousandths of a percent.

[pmillen]

Does anyone know the percentage of lives lost in the US population for the Influenza outbreak in 1918-19?

The population was 103.3 Million.  675,000 or 0.65% died.

EDIT:  The 1918-1919 rate was almost 8 times the current rate.

[okie smokie]

Does anyone know the percentage of lives lost in the US population for the Influenza outbreak in 1918-19?

The population was 103.3 Million.  675,000 or 0.65% died.

EDIT:  The 1918-1919 rate was almost 8 times the current rate.

Many died of secondary bacterial pneumonia, many of which would have survived that today because of the pneumovax and antibiotics. Today, a lot fewer die of Influenza and the above is the reason. 

[ICIdaho]

The suicide rate, drug overdose etc will all go up due to economic crash.

If there is mass unemployment and an economic crash, how are people going to buy the drugs to overdose on?

People just retired or planning to retire may now never get to.
Already retired may have to try re-enter the work force and fight for jobs while massive unemployment rates exist.

Got any facts for this?
No way in xxxx I'm going back to work.

Someone must be bored on a 9 month old post.  Here is some help.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p1218-overdose-deaths-covid-19.html
https://fortune.com/2020/09/28/covid-buisnesses-shut-down-closed/

Good for you on not going back to work.  Not everyone is in your position.  I personally know people that have lost their business over these shutdowns.  That puts off retirement.  What about people on the ledge before the market dumped?  I certainly would not have retired and still do not trust the market right now. 

I did an edit on this for the moderator. On reflection, I regret it. Bentley’s comments below are not what I said. “Rocket science” and “troll” were what must have been offending to Bentley. While not in the spirit of the time of year, my reaction did reflect the disconnect of what I responded to, and what is occurring to people.

[Bentley]

Had nothing to do with research.  It was a matter of wanting my math checked.

Now lets see if I can be mean and hateful with the rest of my comments...you must be an idiot if you don't think I can do research, where do you think I got my numbers? ?  How is that for a comment?  Make you feel warm and fuzy?