How does this exist again!?
The House of Representatives prefers wrong and misleading use of words. What could be the reason for that?
Options:
- They really don't understand it and haven't read up on it
- They are too lazy to switch to the longer correct term
- "Infections" sounds more dangerous
- They can't read and just do whatever'
- Only the dissenting parties have been bribed or involved in a conspiracy (this delusion is gaining more and more fertile ground)
- They are working on their own language, detached from reality.
By denying correct definitions, you disqualify yourself.
How can you discuss things without a conceptual framework?
[sarc] We solved the racism by denying the word 'negro' at the time and now that we no longer use 'guest worker', the 'of colors' is doing a lot better. Since we use 'homosexual' instead of 'homophile', Christian schools have made a 180-degree turn, especially since they are cleaned by 'interior caretakers' (m/f) who now earn much more than when they were cleaners. It all helped enormously.
Now let's hope that the virus is also sensitive to avoiding terms. [/sarc]
Good news for both IFR and herd immunity
Now that everyone who has tested positive actually turns out to be 'infected', the lethality of corona is plummeting to such low numbers that you wonder why testing is still being done at all. Indeed:
Especially people who do not feel well get tested. About 200,000 per day.
Let's say that 5% of the tests are positive every day, that's 10,000 people a day. (is kets less, but for the idea)
The majority of infections are asymptomatic, let say 80%. The other 20% are the 10,000 who did not feel well and tested positive, so a total of 50,000 people get infected every day.
We have already had 250 days. By then, 12,500,000 Dutch people are now immune.
There were about 10,000 deaths, which is 1:1250 or an IFR 0.08%.
With this vote, herd immunity has been achieved in one fell swoop for a disease that is half as deadly as other flu-like diseases.
I know: Short-sighted and full of assumptions, all kinds of things to criticize, but the big picture does roughly reflect the point and there is no one in the House of Representatives who can follow this anyway.
