I have never added a pole to a post and now is a good time to try.  Lets see how this goes.
As measured by hospital admissions both peak and total admitted how bad  is Covid-19 compared to normal seasonal influenza.

Magicpaddler wrote on Apr 16^th, 2020 at 6:23pm:


That was a hard poll to vote on because Covid-19 seems to be more infectious but the death rate isn't so far as bad as predicted?

  I think the number that really counts is death by percentage of people infected which won't be known for a long time.

  According to CNN, the 2017-2018 flu season killed 80,000 people in the US with 900,000 hospitalized.

CDC of April 15 says: Total cases: 605,390
Total deaths: 24,582

It doesn't say how many required hospitalization?
  I'm sure IF were following social distancing guidelines and being fanatical about hand washing the flu infection and death rate would be much smaller too.

  The Wuhan Virus has a long way to go to reach the same death numbers as the 2017-2018 flue season.

  One thing for sure, whether it does or not, the damage to our country has been incalculable and I hope out leaders when the time is right makes the people who set this all in motion pay a steep price for it.

That is going to weigh heavily on how many people vote come November. The Chinese COMMUNISTS are NOT nice folks, folks 

Magicpaddler wrote on Apr 16^th, 2020 at 7:26pm:


  You're a sly old dog MP 

Can't keep up anymore. Michigan folks are complaining because they can't watch paint dry! That department is roped off!

Marten wrote on Apr 16^th, 2020 at 8:37pm:

We had a technician stationed to keep people from walking on a fresh painted floor.  The big boss came by as the technician was setting in a chair and starting to laugh.  The boss ask what is so funny.  He said I am getting paid to watch paint dry.