COVID-19 Math Problem

Boston, MA – COVID-19 math problem. Every piece of mask-wearing shutdown public policy is based on some equation telling us that COVID-19 is contagious and deadly. All of this mask shaming, including being called a “Selfish Bastard” by Colorado’s Governor, is most likely based on faulty math.

Let us explain. Yesterday before the Windows 10 update monopolized our computers here at the Citizen’s Press, we were writing about data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that projects that the number of COVID-19 infections in the United States may be ten times higher than initially thought. This is the COVID-19 math problem. The scary part of this study is they analyzed blood samples taken from citizens, but that’s a topic for another article…

…But we digress, back to the COVID-19 math problem. Let’s do some simple math. If the current death rate for COVID-19 is around 3.5% (we’re just citing the average from the lamestream media), if we multiply the denominator of that equation by ten, then the COVID-19 death rate drops below once percent. Granted, the death rate is higher than the common flu. However, statistically according to the CDC, you are more likely to die in an accident than COVID.

This is the COVID-19 math problem: you are more likely to die in an accident. That risk of being a human being, being in an accident, has NOT warranted mask-wearing and shutting down of businesses. Shame on the politicians and media feeding the hype.

For those of you reading this wondering where we are getting our information, this is from two articles. The fist is from a medical news website called “Stat.” Stat is produced by Boston Globe Media. What makes this interesting, and more for our liberal readers out there, the Boston Globe is a liberal publication. They went after President Trump in 2018 for his fake news claims. They also endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016. For our conservative and more common sense readers, this is a perfect source to cite for your left of center friends.

From Stat on the data:

Still, the data reflect what CDC Director Robert Redfield recently said — that true case numbers are 10 times higher than confirmed diagnoses. Confirmed cases in the U.S. stand at more than 3.8 million.

Andrew Joseph, Actual Covid-19 case count could be 6 to 24 times higher than official estimates, CDC study shows, Stat, July 21, 2020

They make the case against herd immunity, and try to do the normal song-and-dance focusing on infection rates versus deaths. Infection rates without critical analysis make this sound worse than what it is. Death rates are the real judge of the danger of COVID-19. As death rates drop because of testing and exposing bad modeling, the press and politicians have to eat crow. So they will never admit to being wrong about COVID-19 and creating this overblown health scare.

In the spirit of citing more than one source, Yahoo! News covered this as well. They cited a Journal of American Medicine study. From Yahoo! News:

New research published in JAMA Tuesday suggests states have been drastically underreporting COVID-19 cases — a fact that experts say underscores the need for more robust and rapid testing.

Abby Haglage, CDC study shows COVID-19 cases may be 10 times higher than reported, Yahoo!News, July 21, 2020

No duh, cases are being underreported. Plus, some health departments have been caught padding the numbers and changing death certificates like in Colorado and also click here. Yahoo! News continues:

As anticipated, the number of overall infections represented just a small portion of the population in each region (ranging from 1 percent in the San Francisco Bay Area to 6.9 percent in New York City), but the number of infections was far higher than expected — ranging from six to 24 times greater than what had been reported. The study bolsters earlier comments from CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, who said in late June that the infection rate could be 10 times higher than reported.

Abby Haglage, CDC study shows COVID-19 cases may be 10 times higher than reported, Yahoo!News, July 21, 2020

Now they’re saying the infection rate could be as much as twenty-four times higher. Again, using simple math, this will significantly lower the death rate.

This is the COVID-19 math problem: the numbers do not warrant all of these drastic public policy decisions by politicians and bureaucrats. So the question is, will you comply, or will you fight back armed with facts and math?

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