Mathematical Facts or COVID-19 (was it worth it?)

Do you like math? I like math. Sometimes we hear numbers like $3-Trillion and our mind blocks them out because they are incomprehensible to us, but statistics are different, they are easy to understand.

Facts of COVID-19:

Population of the United States (as of 6/8/20) – 330,887,485*

Total number of diagnosed cases (in US) as of 6/7/20 – 1,920,904**

Total number of deaths (in US) as of 6/7/20 – 100,901**

The death rate (in U.S.) from COVID-19 - .052

This means:

0.00058 of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with COVID-19

0.00030 of the of the U.S. population has died because of COVID-19

.052 is the death rate of someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19

This means:

99.99942% of people residing in the U.S have not been diagnosed with COVID-19

99.9970% of people residing in the U.S who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have survived.

99.48% is the survival rate of COVID-19.

*worldometers. Info 10:15 6/8/20

**CDC

All death is tragic, I believe we all can agree on this. However, my believe and the belief of many people smarter than me, is this; the increase in substance abuse, the return to substance abuse (both drug and alcohol) of those who returned to their previous habits due to this pandemic, their meetings were no longer available, or the continual stress of this current crisis, the increase in spousal abuse, child abuse, anxiety, depression, and other disorders (both mental and physical) due to quarantine, the financial repercussions from businesses being shuttered and crippled due to closings, will in the long term create many more illnesses and deaths than COVID-19 itself will do.

Would have their been more diagnoses and deaths due to COVID19 had we not quarantined? Absolutely. But in the bigger picture, taking all the deaths we will be seeing, and have already seen, from suicide, the ramifications of less exercise, poor eating habits, abuse, pent up hostility, etc., will be far worse.

Then take into consideration the financial repercussion on both U.S businesses, particularly small businesses, and the loss of wages for the U.S. workers, the excessive cost of reopening under the new mandates, the increase in cost of goods, and one has to wonder was it worth it?

The bigger question is, was this threat real or fabricated. One more statistic leads me to believe the latter.

Fact of first 2020 HEROES Act (stimulus):

$3,000,000,000 (3 Trillion U.S. Dollars)* - Total Bill

$257,954,545,196 (2.6 Billion U.S. Dollars)** - Amount distributed in stimulus checks to U.S. general population.

*CBS News

**Forbes (5/23/20)

If you have a question as to whether this is concern for the safety of the people in the U.S. because of COVID-19 or political ask yourself, “Where did the other $2.74 Trillion dollars, or 91.2%, of the HEROES Act (stimulus money) go to?”

Inquiring minds want to know. My challenge is to not accept what you are being told, but to investigate the facts. Sometimes they are surprising.

Robert Welsh
Selbyville, DE

John 13:35 <><

Pastor Rob Welsh
The Odyssey Church