INCLUDES COVERAGE FORCOVID-19 J. Ross Quigley CEO Medipac International Inc. Insurance COVID-19 is not the nightmare of the Revelations chapter in the bible. It’s like the flu, mind you a very serious flu. The media and other vested interests want us to tremble in fear, so that they can increase their viewership and sell more papers and ad space. What a farce. I want you to check out this website: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html I must say that even I was somewhat worried until I saw these real numbers from the CDC. However, on the same day, the U.S. government stated that there were 2.4 million cases. Then again, on the same day, a highly placed U.S. official stated that there were more than 20 million cases. At the age of 75, my chances of expiring from this scourge appeared to be quite high − especially as I take a high-blood pressure medication. As it turns out, that was mostly nonsense. Here are some real facts which I looked up last week, and I am fairly certain that you will be as surprised as I was: U.S. Population – 332,639,102 Covid-19 Total Cases 1,985,073 (as per the CDC) Age 75 and Older 215,319 10.84% of all COVID-19 cases Ages 65-74 185,942 9.36% of all COVID-19 cases Other Ages 1,583,812 So, just to be clear, these are the total numbers of cases, not deaths. This is a very small percentage of the U.S. population (which is where most of us take our winter travels) and an even smaller percentage as it applies to the snowbird population as a whole. We also know that many of the people in the older age groups who caught COVID-19 resided in nursing homes and seniors’ residences and, apparently, jails. So, I ask, “Why are the borders closed?” “Why are our businesses shut down?” “Why are we afraid to travel?” 14 | www.snowbirds.org
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