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16 thoughts on “Gov. Eric Holcomb’s coronavirus stance drawing criticism

  1. Notice that the number of deaths in the state was not reported here. It’s important to be aware that when the media wants to push a narrative, they typically do it by omitting the information that doesn’t fit the narrative they are pushing.

    1. So much information NOT reported.
      1) Number of deaths
      2) Number in quarantine / convalescence
      3) Age bands of the ill
      4) # deemed recovered
      All we here is “Positives, positives, positives”. I’m TIRED of it. I scroll past every article, email, or post that gives the latest COVID update. I can’t deal any longer

    2. Why? Clearly you could not care less. If it was reported you would just find a way to discredit it.

  2. Exactly, deaths going up… but death RATE (mortality) is going DOWN.

    So based on the new numbers, of the total number of people who have tested positive for COVID (175,893), a total of (171,843) have survived. That is a survival rate of 97.7%.

    But the most recent numbers (with the current spike): 3205 new cases and 26 new deaths. That is a survival rate of 99.2%. So the survival rate is going UP even as cases are going up. Part of this is because many of the early deaths were people that were at the highest risk.

    Yes these cases are a leading indicators. Meaning, you virtually never die on the same day you tested positive. But these numbers aren’t much different even in a moving 7 or 14 day average.

    But age distribution is important. 92.2% of all deaths in Indiana are age 60 or older yet they only account for 23.7% of positive cases. Yes, that means of the 4050 total deaths, about 3800 of them were over the age of 60.

    So, if you take OUT those deaths (highest risk) as well as the positive cases in the same demographic that means that the survivability rate of those under the age of 60 is 99.81%. And this is before a vaccine and counting the early deaths where we didn’t know how to treat is as well as today. Yes, there are some side-effects, even if you survive but it isn’t common, and most aren’t severe or life threatening, nor do we know yet if they are permanent.

    How about kids?

    About 13.3% of all positive cases are kids of ages 19 or under. That is about 23,393 total positive cases. Guess how many deaths? Near ZERO.

    Again, these are the official numbers citied above and updated by the state and federal government. Do the math yourself.

    This is why people are fed up. It isn’t that people don’t want to save those that are vulnerable. Yes, protect the elderly or high risk individuals. Sure, wash you hands and be smart. Wear a mask and social distance if you have to. But what people are really sick ofis the fact that the media continues to feed this narrative of fear and to destroy lives and businesses for something that most people will either not get at all, or if they do there is a MASSIVE (like over 99% chance) they will NOT die from it or have any side-effects from it. And for kids 19 or under it is virtually 100% survivability.

    Meanwhile, it is irresponsible for people to be so cavalier of MILLIONS of people losing their jobs, losing businesses that have been in families for generations (never coming back), and their homes. People are going hungry. The US economy drives the world economy and there are already estimates (from the WHO mind you) that an estimated 1 BILLION people are going to die, not from covid, but the worldwide economic impact from covid lockdowns. Yet no outrage. No one cares. Divorce rates are up, domestic abuse is up, suicides are up, drug addiction is up, people dying of other diseases because they can’t get treatments in hospitals are up. Again, no one seems to care.

    People virtue-signal as if they are compassionate but would rather kill 1000 people to save 1.

    1. Byron- You are spot on. Don’t count on any outlet to give us informed balanced info like yours. Only Joe Biden can save us with his plan to double testing sites, make more PPE here in the U.S., and save ObamaCare.(That is really his plan!). This media bending of facts won’t end Tuesday, but will only increase. Happy that I have a Father I can trust, hope you do too.

  3. Holcomb is Trump. All he cares about is his re-election and how good he looks.
    Political. Forget the virus is increasing, he’s keeping everything open for the economy of course. Oh, he continues the mask mandate for good measure to make it look like he is doing something.
    Sad thing is he will be re-elected because he has all the big Executives, all the big guns with all the money behind him and money talks.

  4. Virus was only expected to get worse as the fall/winter months approached and he completely re-opened the state (Stage 5) on Sept 26, 2020. Now it is surging and we still are at Stage 5. He is as useless as his predecessor. Very sad that he will be re-elected.

  5. Shortly after Holcomb is re-elected, he will have issue a mandate that the state will be going back to stage 4 or possibly 3, or he’ll come up with some new stage like 5.2.3 with mask being recommended, not required. But it doesn’t really matter, because many people are already ignoring the “rules” of stage 5 including some businesses. But that’s what happens when you rely upon people to “do the right things”.

  6. The people for closing are not stakeholders who would lose their livelihoods. I hope Holcomb stays with 5, so people can survive economically. It does not impact me either way, but I have compassion for those who suffer due to lockdowns. Covid is a political football in blue mindsets. Live safely,

  7. Covid is a political football in blue mindsets? Are you kidding? What a joke! Spoken like a true Trumpster.
    What is needed is an interception and takeaway for mankind.

  8. I feel so much better about the 4000 deaths now. Besides they were mostly old people with not much time left anyway. Using this same thinking, knowing only .001% of the US population died on 9/11 makes me feel better too (not to mention it all happened in liberal NYC). I wonder how many were over the age of 65?

  9. It isn’t that people over 60 should just die because they are old and were close to dying anyway. No one thinks that. It means that people UNDER 60 are really not at risk unless they have a few comorbidities. And in some cases like for children 19 and under, the risk is so low that it is less than many other viruses like the flu. Yes, PROTECT those that are vulnerable without killing 1 BILLION people worldwide and don’t bankrupt our country by these insane lockdown policies. It is just crazy. It doesn’t work. We get these blanket policies that destroy lives without actually impacting covid at all.

    It is a false narrative and disingenuous for people to jump to an emotional response. People die every day for all sorts of reasons. Some are just part of life, others are tragedies. But it is irresponsible to kill the many to save the 1. The goal was NEVER to shut down the country forever. We were “sold” the lockdowns to “flatten the curve” and give hospitals time to get ready and get the equipment they needed. People were scared because of early deaths in Italy and in New York. That kind of massive influx that overwhelmed hospitals really never materialized for 90+% of the country. The goal was NOT to make sure no one ever gets infected or no one ever dies again. Cases are meaningless. We have been locked down for months, kids weren’t in schools, and most of the population has been wearing masks. Many companies are STILL not back to work or working remotely. All it did was delay the inevitable while destroying the entire country. The cure was worse than the poison. Many states that are still locked down with very strict masking and lockdown policies are seeing the largest spikes – despite everyone wearing masks.

    Somewhere along the way there was a bait and switch. Now we have to be locked down if there is a rise in cases, even if the mortality rate is steady or dropping. Now we have to be locked down until there is a vaccine even though that will also NOT keep people from getting infected or dying. The flu shot has been around for decades and yet people still get the flu and die from it. And the first vaccines are based on antibodies and not T-cell boosters so they will be less effective anyway.

    Where is the outrage for the millions of people being homeless or dying from hunger around the world due to the economic impact from American shutdowns? But I guess it is an election year so we need to destroy the economy that was at its highest in US history.

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