A citation behind a paywall. Lovely. I guess if you went to the CDC or NIH, you’d wouldn’t get numbers you like.
In 1952 alone, nearly 60,000 children were infected with the virus; thousands were paralyzed, and more than 3,000 died. 5% of infected CHILDREN died from polio, not the obese over 80 population at most risk from COVID. How many children cumulatively have died from COVID since 2020?
On top of that, as you stated, 5% of those infected suffered permanent paralysis and disfigurement. You’re a special breed of stupid to argue that Covid is equivalent to Polio.
That’s the death rate among those who are suffering paralytic polio, which only affects between one in 200 to one in a thousand of those getting infected with polio.
The “death rate” you cite is the CFR. We are talking IFRs here, not CFRs, you fool.
And you do know around 5% of those with Covid suffer long term permanent damage too, I hope?
Sorry bub, but the facts here aren’t on your side.
Yes, it's silly to assume the risks from Covid are similar to polio, because the risks from Covid are far greater.
Your ignorance is astounding.
Can you quote me the IFRs for Polio and for Covid, Phil?
…Which is larger?
Please give your sources, no fudging about Covid please by claiming Covid deaths aren’t from Covid, for instance.
Just looked it up, and polio is more deadly by magnitudes. You tell me what the IFR is, smart as.
Polio is usually asymptomatic. Paralytic polio occurs at a frequency of 0.1-0.5% of cases, and of paralytic cases between 2-10% are fatal.
That translates to an IFR of between 0.002% - 0.05%.
Covid’s IFR ranges from 0.1-0.5%, making it more lethal than polio by at least one order of magnitude.
…Who’s the “smart as[sic]” now?
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article-abstract/110/6/672/65096?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
A citation behind a paywall. Lovely. I guess if you went to the CDC or NIH, you’d wouldn’t get numbers you like.
In 1952 alone, nearly 60,000 children were infected with the virus; thousands were paralyzed, and more than 3,000 died. 5% of infected CHILDREN died from polio, not the obese over 80 population at most risk from COVID. How many children cumulatively have died from COVID since 2020?
Sigh.....
How about these then:
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/poliomyelitis
"One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, 5–10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilized."
ie IFR is between 0.01-0.02%
Or CDC which you want:
"Less than 1% of all polio infections in children result in flaccid paralysis."
"The case fatality ratio for paralytic polio is generally 2% to 5% among children" (who are the demographic affected in 95% of cases)
ie IFR is less than 0.05%
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html
So the IFR is less than that of Covid infection....As I said.
Between 1900 and 1952 (before the vaccine) the death rate fluctuated between 0.33% and 6.97%.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-polio-rates-in-the-united-states?time=earliest..1928
On top of that, as you stated, 5% of those infected suffered permanent paralysis and disfigurement. You’re a special breed of stupid to argue that Covid is equivalent to Polio.
That’s the death rate among those who are suffering paralytic polio, which only affects between one in 200 to one in a thousand of those getting infected with polio.
The “death rate” you cite is the CFR. We are talking IFRs here, not CFRs, you fool.
And you do know around 5% of those with Covid suffer long term permanent damage too, I hope?
Sorry bub, but the facts here aren’t on your side.
Citation needed. You are a moron. I am done with you.
I gave you two citations, you gave me none.
Who's the "moron"?...look in the mirror, sunshine.
"Between 1900 and 1952 (before the vaccine) the death rate fluctuated between 0.33% and 6.97%."
Not true, you did the math wrong because you didn't understand the first sentence.
Simple fact, while the anti-vaccs offer lots of name-calling they simply can't offer a rational thought.