It shows that COVID-10 is deadlier than the flu for all age categories. The COVID data is based on the Chinese experience with the disease. The influenza numbers come from our own CDC. The corona virus is as much as ten times deadlier than flu viruses. In January China informed the WHO of an outbreak of a novel repiratory disease and released the SERS CoV-2 genome to the world. South Korea heeded the warning, and missed the bullet thanks to comprehensive and swift testing that allowed isolation of infected individuals.
The US never had a chance to emulate the Korean performance because socialism, and because it never had enough working testing equipment to begin with. That's just the facts, m'am. It does not have enough spare hospital capacity, either. According to the OECD the US has 2.8 beds per 1000 compared to Germany's 8 and China's 4.3. We also do not have enough medical equipment to contain a pandemic. When Russia has to airlift to the US medical supplies, something is amiss in the system. As Norm Chomsky said in an interview, "...there is no profit in preventing a future catastrophe." The US has passed 200,000 confirmed infections, the most on Earth.
Now here is the economic flip side of this catastrophe. It is pretty clear that a near national shutdown will cost US a recession. The economic signals are flashing red, and the stock market tanked 800 points when Don Douche and his red state side-kicks stopped denying pandemic reality this week. This chart is from the great state of Texas, a bastion of free market ju-ju (keep in mind the service sector comprises 70% of the GDP):
The chart shows an all-time low. Figures for the Texas retail sector are similar. No light at the end of this tunnel. The impact on Texas employment figures is equally catastrophic. Now why should commie hot-head US Person care about the collapse of the capitalists? Because the plutocrats are being hoisted out of their own "sh*thole" again by that most reliable handmaiden, Uncle Samuel. This final chart tells the tale:
