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Originally Posted by Zman179
The vast majority of people downstate have been ignoring anything coming from Mayor DeBlasio and have been paying attention to what Governor Cuomo’s office says. One of the sites that is trusted is operated by New York State:
https://covid19tracker.health.ny.gov...253Atoolbar=no
I work for the NY subway. Our agency has about 25,000 workers and close to 7,000 of them have caught the virus. Every day in my Facebook feed I see a RIP post and it seriously depresses me.
Personally I believe that "herd immunity" is unproven. I hope that it really exists, but I’ve read how people in South Korea have become re-infected for a second time so who know if it really does exist? It is hard to tell because even the authorities don’t really know for sure. I am just hoping that I don’t endanger my life simply by going to work. |
The website has no info to support your comment about 95% of the 486 deaths being in NY City.
The stats are also very clear about who is most vulnerable to the effects of the virus. People who are unhealthy with compromised immune systems. Studies done in Italy showed that people who died had on average 3 co-morbidities be it T2D, heart disease, High blood pressure, asthma, etc.
The herd immunity in general has been proven many times. Proven for coronavirus? No, but many doctors are optimistic.
