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Originally Posted by Ogre
Well, I'm just an old Boomer trying to survive this "crisis." (See photo)  My neighbors aren't too happy with my antics either.
I'm trying to follow all of the advice, and also trying to educate myself on all of the reports and differing analyses … very confusing. But the most confusing is "cause of death" numbers.
I hear reports of an 80 year old dying of "complications caused by the Coronavirus." Other reports of a six year old whose death was "caused by Coronavirus." Does any agency, anywhere actually report those deaths which were "caused by the virus" vs. those whose death was caused by "complications caused by the virus"?
I know it's minor point, but in my mind there is a world of difference. And maybe it's just a semantics thing which will be sorted out in the post-mortem (pardon the usage) analysis.
Ogre |
Pat, this is why all the mortality stats need to be taken with a grain of salt. Many experts are pointing to the flu stats from this winter; how many deaths attributed to the "flu" were actually COVID-19 deaths? Likewise, how many "flu" infections were actually COVID-19 infections? Will we ever know? Probably not. The same would go for COVID-19 complication deaths. You just may be on to something with the flight helmet and O2 mask. A 3D company in Italy has a program that converts full face scuba masks into emergency C-PAP respirators. You may have just created a gold mine!