Coronavirus and Credibility
One thing I&#x27;ve had trouble reconciling is the fact that the CDC estimates 24k-63k deaths from the flu this flu season[0]<p>We just passed 10k from covid-19.  Only last week a &quot;low&quot; estimation of covid deaths this year was 200k. So it seems the expectation is there will be many, many more, and we&#x27;re just at the start of all this.<p>On the other hand, it also seems this week like the infamous curve is beginning to flatten, and the epidemic is slowing down.  Does this contradict the &quot;low&quot; 200k number?  Or does the 200k number factor this in, and indicates that the &quot;long tail&quot; of the disease will be very long and damaging indeed?<p>Some of the clips show in the video referenced in the article actually seem pretty &quot;sane&quot; to me - the one guy saying &quot;I&#x27;m not worried about getting this illness&quot;, another saying for most people it will seem just like the flu.  Those two statements, as far as we know, are not that outlandish, right?  I&#x27;m certainly not worried about myself, and for many people it does seem to be mild or asymptomatic?<p>I don&#x27;t want to have an &quot;opinion&quot; on this matter, I want to interpret the data and understand the truth, Fauci-style.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;flu&#x2F;about&#x2F;burden&#x2F;preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cdc.gov&#x2F;flu&#x2F;about&#x2F;burden&#x2F;preliminary-in-season-e...</a>