Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:10 AM
 
Location: Japan
15,292 posts, read 7,765,220 times
Reputation: 10006

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEmissary View Post
media
  1. the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.
    "their demands were publicized by the media"
  2. plural form of medium.
  3. I guess it's just the media you don't agree with.
Are you really confused about what "the media" refers to? It isn't the CDC's website.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:23 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
30,651 posts, read 18,249,084 times
Reputation: 34522
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEmissary View Post
media
  1. the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively.
    "their demands were publicized by the media"
  2. plural form of medium.
  3. I guess it's just the media you don't agree with.
You know good and well that such a broad reading is not what the poster was referring to when the media was brought up. And such a broad reading is not what people who rail against the media are talking about either. We are talking about the professional press/journalists. Not a government site pushing out communications statistics.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:24 AM
 
Location: New York Area
35,084 posts, read 17,043,458 times
Reputation: 30247
Quote:
Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident View Post
The CDC reports it. But the CDC isn't the media last time I checked

Note, I don't doubt that this isn't being reported by the media either, but you definitely don't need the media to find out these numbers.
The CDC personnel have an agenda as well.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:27 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
30,651 posts, read 18,249,084 times
Reputation: 34522
Quote:
Originally Posted by jbgusa View Post
The CDC personnel have an agenda as well.
True. But I'd imagine that most of the time the agenda is reporting the facts and informing the public, especially when they are providing a listing of the main causes of death.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:39 AM
 
Location: New York Area
35,084 posts, read 17,043,458 times
Reputation: 30247
Quote:
Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident View Post
True. But I'd imagine that most of the time the agenda is reporting the facts and informing the public, especially when they are providing a listing of the main causes of death.
What if Covid contributed to the death but the person was already teetering?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:42 AM
 
4,472 posts, read 3,828,808 times
Reputation: 3427
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheEmissary View Post
It may be the 3rd leading cause of death at the moment, but it may well be the primary cause of Trump's defeat in November. "Who knew healthcare was so hard or that sooo... many people would die".
Just look at Spain and Italy. Europe's socialist healthcare isn't looking too great.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:43 AM
 
Location: Japan
15,292 posts, read 7,765,220 times
Reputation: 10006
Quote:
Originally Posted by jbgusa View Post
What if Covid contributed to the death but the person was already teetering?
As far as I know, every single person who dies with COVID is listed as a COVID death, no matter how close to dying they might have been from other causes.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:46 AM
 
Location: New York Area
35,084 posts, read 17,043,458 times
Reputation: 30247
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment View Post
As far as I know, every single person who dies with COVID is listed as a COVID death, no matter how close to dying they might have been from other causes.
That is a real problem, and overstates the epidemic's casualties.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 12:46 AM
 
Location: Honolulu/DMV Area/NYC
30,651 posts, read 18,249,084 times
Reputation: 34522
Quote:
Originally Posted by jbgusa View Post
What if Covid contributed to the death but the person was already teetering?
As I understand things, the specifics behind labeling a death as being caused by Covid-19 are clear that Covid-19 may only be a contributing factor. As long as the CDC and others are transparent about that, I don't have a problem.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 04-02-2020, 02:18 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
27,194 posts, read 13,482,880 times
Reputation: 19524
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taggerung View Post
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.new...495506%3famp=1

The "It'S JuSt ThE fLu br01!" people are looking more deranged everyday.
It's not the flu, which has vaccines and resistance in the general population.

Without isolation this would be on an umimaginable scale, well beyond that which countres are currently experiencing.

Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:46 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top