Avoid fear by facing the facts.
This is from John Watkins, FaceBook, speaking about the need for correct perspective.
Well done John
Out of a population of almost 68,000,000
55,200 people have coronavirus – 0.09% of the population (many with mild symptoms)
19,000 are in hospital (not all in ICU)
36,200 people with it at home in isolation.
6100 have sadly died over the last five weeks.
Not got stats for people who have died of cancer, heart disease or old age, but guess they are quite high too.
Almost half of these cases are in London, where trains and planes still roll in and out! Allowed by the Government.
Seems highly populated areas where people still commute are still spreading it, like New York.
A New York Doctor has said he is concerned that the way the sickest are being treated, may be contributing to the high death rate (a malaria drug, not proven to work). While another source says, intravenous vitamin C is effective in treating those who have it; but is not being adopted in the main-stream.
So, using these figures you have a 0.09% chance of catching it, much less if you live outside of London. Then an 11% chance of dying – 11% of 0.09% fatality rate (lower outside London)
I am not down-playing the virus, even though the Government downgraded it on March 19th, from a deadly virus. Many people are dying, including front line NHS staff, many of whom have not been given adequate PPE. And it seems anyone can get it, but those with underlining health issues still more at risk, and maybe those with weak immune systems.
I am outlining these stats, because I am seeing mass panic, scare mongering and unnecessary attacks on responsible people who are following the present guidelines; going out for their own sanity and fresh air – THESE PEOPLE are not spreading it!! Walking your dog is not putting other peoples’ lives at risk. I’m seeing slogans and memes that would have sat well in 1930s Nazi Germany. People turning on people because of Government ‘Information’. We already have Martial Law, that is pushing many people to the edge. The chances of some people cracking up/breaking down will soon be higher than getting the virus. The economic aftermath will be catastrophic. The world will never be the same again. So, stop living in fear, weigh up the statistics, BBC will not do it for you, and keep looking at the alternative agenda of a Government/Establishment/State, who I wouldn’t trust to look after my dog. These institutions have never really cared about ordinary people in the past!
If I am being blasé, so-be-it, if I’m gonna die in a month I’d rather die happy and not live in fear like a caged rat (or sheep), following orders from a crooked bunch of establishment millionaires who love having the People locked down.
I have accepted the loss of my livelihood, job, the reduction in value of house, and savings may soon be worth nothing, but I will not live in fear, I will not buy the panic and I will not turn on my peers. And will not be kept from seeing friends and family for much longer, when I know the risks of giving them the virus is so low.
You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to see gaping holes, contradictions and irregularities in the way this has been handled. You just need eyes, ears and a logical mind – Planes still landing from New York to London, trains still bringing people in and out??
It’s too early to say if Johnson is really seriously ill, or it’s just another exaggeration to keep the population in fear, worried and controlled. Forgive my mistrust and cynicism, but I have a memory, and remember many Johnson/Cummings spins and lies to get what they want. If he dies my apologies, but guessing he might Rise over Easter! A Churchillian Christ figure.
Be safe, responsible, but do not live in fear, and stop spreading memes that threaten death to people going out for a walk.
For now, I will ‘follow orders’ go out once for exercise, get essential shopping, and will keep my 2m distance. (while the trains still run in and out of London)
Keep an open mind & watch for the alternative agenda, unite don’t divide, give out positive energy, the world needs it more than ever.
and from USA, also Facebook, Tommy Heinowski
From a comment on one of my posts. Amen. Share it liberally:
“We are seeing the most draconian measures enforced at all levels of government that we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes, and yet rather than being alarmed by the things going on, so many of you applaud.
People are being arrested for spending too much time outside, and you applaud. Pastors are being arrested for daring to hold church services, and you applaud. A child’s birthday party is raided by police, and you applaud. A young woman is ticketed for going on a leisurely drive alone because it’s deemed “non-essential travel”, and you applaud. A parade of school teachers and administrators who wanted to drive through neighborhoods and wave at children is busted up by cops because they were “non-essential,” and you applaud. A lone paddle-boarder in the ocean on a beach without any other people around is arrested because he’s violating quarantine orders, and you applaud.
People are being denied life saving medical treatments because they’re not a priority right now (not “essential” as deemed by the government) as the entirety of our medical system is focused on one thing, and you applaud.
Businesses are beings forcibly closed and padlocked and owners arrested for refusing to shut down, and you applaud. Dairy farmers (and soon, other farmers) are being incentivized to stop dairy farming and to sell their herds, and you don’t seem to understand the implications.
You’re being told to use hotlines and online forms provided by your local governments to report your neighbors who don’t obey, and you comply. You scold people day after day for not obeying government edicts, and if any of us dare to question what’s happening, you lecture about how we’re a danger to society and and we just don’t care about people dying.
You’ve somehow managed to convince yourselves that the people whose lives are affected by a virus are MUCH more important than the people whose lives are being destroyed (and in many cases, leading to death) by the effects of a worldwide economic shutdown and impending worldwide depression the likes of which no one has ever seen before.
At what point will you start QUESTIONING what’s going on? How far does the government have to push before you’re jolted awake from your slumber? How far are you willing to go with this?
If they told you to load your families onto train cars so that you could be taken to Virus Protection Facilities for your own safety, would you do it?
YES. Yes, you would.That much has become painfully obvious to me. And the whole time, you’d be shaking your finger and yelling at those of us who refused, accusing us of being “a danger to society” and “not caring if people die.”
But they don’t have to load you onto train cars and take you to Virus Protection Facilities, or force you to comply, because you do that voluntarily. They control your mind. They control you through fear. They control you by convincing you that the world is a scary dangerous place, but they’re here to protect you, care for you, and keep you safe, just as long as you OBEY.
They know that as long as you’re locked inside your comfortable home with Netflix, Hulu, Face-book, Twitter, Instagram, and a cell phone, while dangling a $1200 check in front of you like a carrot on a stick, you’ll comply. No force is necessary for the majority of the herd.
YOU ARE IMPRISONED, willingly, and you’re too blind to see it. – Anonymous Brave American”