Here are the real numbers (and by real I mean the numbers where they still assume without a test that someone had COVID) from the state of PA.  Now tell me why me, a 38 year old male in good health, needs to be terrified indefinitely that this disease will take me out? 

This is COVID-19 related how?  Did you forget where you're posting, or just need an outlet to vent to insinuate those who don't agree with you are rednecks, and are culpable for what may have been a murder (or what may have been a thief getting shot for attacking someone).  Shouldn't you be demanding Schiff release his documents that show no collusion, or should we continue to trust him too.

My county has had its 2nd day with no deaths.  You can track daily deaths and they're dropping, hence we hit our peak over 2 weeks ago.  Since the majority of American deaths occurred in the month of April, and they're slowing, it seems pretty easy to see which models were right and which were way off.  The IMHE model has been the most accurate, and presently predicts 72k deaths in the US by August.  That's 5k more than our dead today, out of a country of 330 million.  The numbers are there, the death rate is coming to a crawl.  I don't know what else you're expecting from me other than the data doesn't support us hitting 100k dead, let alone millions.  And that's with the the CDC saying they're counting influenza and pneumonia deaths in their COVID statistics.  Look up what the most common cause of death is among the elderly, and we're going to attribute all of the deaths in nursing homes to COVID-19?    85k elderly folks die of the flu and pneumonia annually according to the CDC:  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ahcd/agin … ersons.pdf

The IMHE is saying we'll hit 72k in this summer, which about 60k  is those over 65.  The CDC is counting every influenza and pneumonia death as a COVID-19 death, and we're still under the annual total of deaths due to infections diseases. 

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-C … /9bhg-hcku

Here the CDC is saying 37k known COVID-19 deaths in the US as of 01 MAY.  Not the 67k figure, or the hundreds of thousands of deaths far left sites are pushing to built the anti-Trump narrative, and that's what it is.  Tanking the economy and screaming Armageddon serves one purpose, and it's not the best interest of the average American. 

So I don't know what model you're referring to, but even if you use the "garbage" statistic of current death counts, we're way below what was predicted, and we're still #2 in the world behind Germany. 

I'm saying 3 things:

1.) The current means of calculating COVID-19 deaths results in its figures being over represented rather than the opposite
2.) The US is doing a pretty good job all things considered, and better than any other western world save Germany (who isn't inflating their deaths like the US is)
3.) Now that we've flattened the curve and even in NYC, not a single person died due to lack of medical equipment, it's time to start opening back up.

That third one requires ample testing and action from LOCAL authorities.  But in a nation that has 330 million people and stretches 3k miles across, the idea of the federal government dictating measures that apply to everyone is absurd.  Again, Pittsburgh has now gone 2 days without a single death.  We shouldn't be on lockdown because some Indian Reservation in New Mexico is having a surge in cases. 

If the data supports a a continued lockdown, I'll support a continued lockdown.  But it doesn't.  72k deaths is approx .02% of the American population.  I don't think the fear of that number, especially when it's entirely directed at the elderly and immune compromised, warrants destroying the economy and our standard of living because some people are "scared".  I've done what was asked of me and have only left my home once a week to get groceries the past 7 weeks.  I'll continue to do so.

Studies are now coming out saying anywhere from 10-25% of the population has the antibodies of COVID.  Let's go with the most conservative estimate and say 10%.  10% of America or 33 Million people have been infected with COVID.  67k have died.  67k out of 33 million infected is a .02% mortality rate.  You know what else has a .02% mortality rate in the US annually?  The Flu.  The disease the same  "experts" pushing the "millions dead" narrative mock Trump for comparing COVID to.

The only site that’s aggregating all data. The one being run by Bill Gates. This one :

https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

You’re right that we’re going to hit 60k in the next week or so, but you’re ignoring that the US peaked 15 days ago.  And as I've said repeatedly, trusting unvetted numbers from people (like my State) that were/are counting people they assume had COVID without a test, isn't an accurate statement.  The CDC says they're counting pneumonia and influenza deaths in their COVID numbers.  It's linked a couple posts up for your reading pleasure.  Germany and other nations aren't doing that, and our mortality rate relative to infected and population is still #2 in the world.

Here are the deaths in Pittsburgh as of today:

Deaths by age group:

• 40-49: 1 (1%)

• 50-59: 2 (2%)

•60-69: 11 (13%)

• 70 and over: 72 (84%)

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/healt … 2004290091

But tell me again that this is a major threat to anyone not a senior citizen with chronic health issues.

65/86 are from nursing homes.  So 75% are the extreme elderly and infirm in nursing homes (cause why would you be in a nursing home if you were healthy and capable), but keeping the entire country/state/city locked down rather than put extreme procedures to protect the most vulnerable is the smart move.  But yea, I'm involved in "douchebaggery" because I want to rely on the numbers and not irrational fear.