Monday, May 25, 2020

Which is worse …


Saying, “We don’t yet know, but we are looking at all aspects of the problem,” or, “This is the most dangerous disease ever to affect the world and everybody should remain at home until we develop a cure.”

Every government agency from the federal U.S. D.C. government to state governments, county governments and city offices put out all kinds of rules and requirements, when  in actuality, none knew what was going on and all made rules based on guesses by so-called scientists and by hysterical rants from news organizations.

‘The CDC’s New ‘Best Estimate’ Implies a COVID-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3%’
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the current ‘best estimate’ for the fatality rate among Americans with COVID-19 symptoms is 0.4 percent. The CDC also estimates that 35 percent of people infected by the COVID-19 virus never develop symptoms. Those numbers imply that the virus kills less than 0.3 percent of people infected by it—far lower than the infection fatality rates (IFRs) assumed by the alarming projections that drove the initial government response to the epidemic, including broad business closure and stay-at-home orders.

What we will not hear from any government spokesman or agency: “We are sorry for the inconvenience our mistakes caused, for the billions of dollars lost to workers and companies and especially for the needless deaths of those who did as we recommended.”

In each of the four Army NCO academies I attended, leadership instructors told students: “Don’t think you have to know everything. If your soldiers ask a question you don’t know the answer to, don’t try to bullshit an answer. Say, ‘I do not know the answer to your question, but I will find the answer and let you know.' And then, do what you said you would do.” Army leadership is big on “Don’t bullshit your soldiers.” Too bad civilian politicians aren’t as honest.

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