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Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:43 PM Mar 2020

20% of all official covid-19 cases are in the u.s.

roughly 151k out of 750k at the moment.

20%

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/


there's no good reason for this number to be this high.

was only have 4.25% of the world population, we have the most resources, and we supposedly have the best medical system in the world.


even allowing the fact that the official numbers are lagging reality, and may even be manipulated, this is still outrageously high.

complete failure of leadership by donnie, and americans are dying and more will die pointlessly as a result.

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20% of all official covid-19 cases are in the u.s. (Original Post) unblock Mar 2020 OP
1/5 of the cases, but 1/15 of the deaths. House of Roberts Mar 2020 #1

House of Roberts

(5,198 posts)
1. 1/5 of the cases, but 1/15 of the deaths.
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:53 PM
Mar 2020

The story I read earlier about virus load was very interesting and made sense.

I contracted some kind of virus back on Feb. 6th. I got the low grade fever and occasional cough, doctor did a flu test and said I didn't have the flu. Told me to take tylenol or ibuprofen for the fever, otc meds for the cough, and I was back to work in five days, over a weekend. Did I get Covid-19? Who knows? I hope it was, thus I and my housemates are all in the clear, but we can't be sure. Nobody was getting tested back then.

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