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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4607423" data-attributes="member: 1940">From the article ----&nbsp;&nbsp; “We’ve never before responded to a contagion by closing down whole countries.” As I’ve noted, the 1957-58 Asian flu killed between 70,000 and 116,000 Americans, between 0.04 percent and 0.07 percent of the nation’s population. The 1968-70 Hong Kong flu killed about 100,000, 0.05 percent of the population. The US coronavirus death toll of 186,000 is 0.055 percent of the current population. It will go higher, but it’s about the same magnitude as those two flus, and it has been less deadly to those under 65 than the flus were. Yet there were no statewide lockdowns; no massive <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/officials-call-to-close-unsafe-nyc-school-with-air-flow-issues/" target="_blank">school closings</a>; no closings of office buildings and factories, restaurants and museums. No one considered shutting down Woodstock. -----Kamala Harris said that she would not trust Donald Trump’s word on the safety of any coronavirus vaccine approved for use in America before the November election.&nbsp; Now, you know for sure it is all about politics, what a horrible selection for VP.<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/kamala-harris-says-she-wouldnt-trust-trump-on-safety-of-covid-vaccine-before-election/ar-BB18Kj8l" target="_blank">Kamala Harris says she wouldn&#039;t trust Trump on safety of Covid vaccine before election </a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4607423, member: 1940"] From the article ---- “We’ve never before responded to a contagion by closing down whole countries.” As I’ve noted, the 1957-58 Asian flu killed between 70,000 and 116,000 Americans, between 0.04 percent and 0.07 percent of the nation’s population. The 1968-70 Hong Kong flu killed about 100,000, 0.05 percent of the population. The US coronavirus death toll of 186,000 is 0.055 percent of the current population. It will go higher, but it’s about the same magnitude as those two flus, and it has been less deadly to those under 65 than the flus were. [B]Yet there were no statewide lockdowns; no massive [URL='https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/officials-call-to-close-unsafe-nyc-school-with-air-flow-issues/']school closings[/URL]; no closings of office buildings and factories, restaurants and museums. No one considered shutting down Woodstock. [/B]----- Kamala Harris said that she would not trust Donald Trump’s word on the safety of any coronavirus vaccine approved for use in America [B]before the November election.[/B] Now, you know for sure it is all about politics, what a horrible selection for VP. [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/kamala-harris-says-she-wouldnt-trust-trump-on-safety-of-covid-vaccine-before-election/ar-BB18Kj8l'][SIZE=5][B]Kamala Harris says she wouldn't trust Trump on safety of Covid vaccine before election [/B][/SIZE][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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