Third COVID-19 death confirmed in Putnam County

Banner Graphic, why not report on every single death in Putnam County?

If you are going to give daily updates on COVID-19 deaths, why not every other death?

Oh my.... Just when I think your replies can't be any worse you out do yourself.

RSOTS - I realize from some of your prior posts that some things are difficult for you to understand, never mind accept.

But I will try to make this easy for you to understand:

Population of Putnam County (2019) is 375,576.

The number of COVID-19 cases (per the daily update provided by BG) is 33. That is an infection rate of .009%. That is approximately 9 people out of 100,000.

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Putnam County is 3 (again per the daily update).

Three people have died from COVID-19, out of 375,000+. And while we don't know the medical histories of these three it is (based strictly on statistics) very likely that these three had underlying medical conditions and/or were elderly.

It is also possible that these three were put on ventilators (original therapeutic regimen) where it has been noted that if you are put on a ventilator that you have an 80% of succumbing to COVID-19. (I have not done enough research to fully speculate whether this is correlation or some type of causation, but it is certainly a factor to be considered.)

So how many people have died from cancer? Heart disease? Diabetes? Violence?

Why does the BG run a daily infection count and body count for COVID-19 but not for anything else?

What purpose does it serve?

They refuse to report even basic useful information (such as general geographic areas of infection), but have no problem presenting the spectre of corona virus as an ever-present bogey-man ready to snatch away unwary victims with their daily updates.

During the Vietnam War the news frequently ran body counts.

During the Bush nation-building fiascoes in Iraq & Afghanistan the news frequently ran daily body counts.

Perhaps they see it as something newsworthy... that's fine. It's their newspaper.

Perhaps it has something to do with sales/profits...the old "if it bleeds, it leads" mantra so notoriously found in the media in general.

Perhaps it is a matter of social conditioning...for whatever reason.

Perhaps it is as simple as politics...

I just think it odd that we don't get the same information for all of the other deaths in Putnam County.

If you haven't noticed by now... I like to ask questions. It's the mark of a free mind.

Questions can be a mark of a free mind but it isn't an absolute.

I have seen many questions that come from captured or narrow minds.

Questions can be phrased and asked in a way to set up or shame a person into a particular answer or away from a particular answer.

Often polls/ surveys are set up to provide the answer that the individual/ party wants.

I have seen questions used often as tools.

Also missing in a platform like this is the inflection/ body language, etc behind the question.

I was unaware that Heart Disease was contagious. I was unaware that there was a stay at home order in place due to Diabetes. I was unaware that we are practicing Social Distancing due to Cancer.

The BG is reporting on the relevant news that has gripped our nation and state and the world for that matter. I'm at a loss to how you would fault the paper for reporting these things. Of course it could just be the desire to be controversial that motivates you. Not that anybody would get that impression based off your constant mini novels that you post.

DP, your population figure is way off. Delete one of your 5’s.

According to the United States Census Bureau (or at least, that which Google appears to be in bed with, which I found here: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=putnam+county+indiana+popul...), the population for 2019 was actually 37,576. DP might've mistaken a single digit but his approach was sound. Let's roll with it, shall we?

Still sticking with the COVID-19 case count of 33, that transforms DP's original infection rate to 0.1% (and that's rounded upwards!). Given that, it's safe to say that this isn't a Spanish Flu and DP still brings to light a valid point revolving around the daily notoriety our minuscule percentile is receiving, especially when compared against registered deaths from prior years (see https://gis.in.gov/apps/isdh/meta/stats_layers.htm for more on that). Also, keep in mind the following point of major importance:

Remember how the calculation of COVID-19 mortality comes to fruition. Anyone found to be asymptomatic during postmortems can have COVID-19 listed as their cause of death on their death certificate. To be clear, "asymptomatic" means you carried the virus but showed no signs of having it nor experienced any symptoms. The importance of this fact can't be overstated because once you realize how this can be twisted and manipulated, you see how it can result in a conflation of counts, especially by unqualified and or lazy medical staff performing half-*** postmortems (looking at you, "small town hospitals"). As an example, let's say you died of a heart attack but were later found to be asymptomatic during your postmortem... Guess what goes on your death certificate?

This applies to anyone who falls not just to heart disease, but also to lung disease, diabetes, and or any other form of (directly or indirectly-related) conditions that relate to the symptoms found to correlate to COVID-19, such as obesity (see https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/groups-at-highe..., which is directly from the CDC itself).

I'd reiterate the political leverage these ramifications can have, between usurping deplorables or sneaking key legislative line-items through the radars, or how individual and or business interests capitalize from our current market maelstrom, but we all know where that leads in these parts of town... I mean, we all know that Oswald acted alone and Epstein killed himself, right?

Oh, and sorry for the lack of pictures, RSOTS.

You know I can't read all of that DQ. Pictures please?

Apparently I did add another digit. My bad.

While it does change the math a bit (hat-tip to DQ for correcting my math and generally covering my six), it doesnt change the intent of my original post.

This is a viral outbreak. They happen.

Again, why do we need a daily update?

Especially ones with little/no information.

If the cases are mostly in Cloverdale and Greencastle (only as an example) - then why scare some little old lady in Bainbridge who just wants to go to Dollar General to buy some milk and bread but is now terrified...regardless of the fact that the odds of her actually contracting the virus is very miniscule.

The little old lady is probably going to die from something else...like heart problems (statistically speaking)...likely brought on by panic over corona virus.

To which they will probably list her as another victim of COVID-19.

Dreadpirateroberts, you're a little off on your population count of Putnam County. You added an extra number, there's only 37,576, not 375,576. Might wanna check yourself.

DPR, if that's the worst thing you do all day, you're doing great! 'Beginning to appreciate your insights.