“I’m not denying what a nasty disease COVID-19 can be, and how it’s obviously devastating to somewhere between 1 and 3.4* percent of the population,” he said.
“But that means 97 to 99 percent will get through this....We don’t shut down our economies because tens of thousands of people die from the common flu,” Johnson said.
BRIGHT SIDE, WI (March 19) —
Letting 'em die could finance a tax cut,
savings on Medicare would be sky high.
Not to mention Social Security.
Dying is a sign of maturity.
savings on Medicare would be sky high.
Not to mention Social Security.
Dying is a sign of maturity.
What's 3.4%* anyway?
A little bit over ten million!**
Getting rid of our excess of oldies
would save the treasury billions. (Or trillions!)
And even better, matter of fact,
most of 'em probably vote Democrat.
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*Sen. Johnson later “corrected” himself to say he meant between 1 and 3.4 percent of the infected population. However, Canadian and German government health authorities have predicted an infection rate of two-thirds of their populations. You do the math: at most, ONLY two-thirds of number of Americans shown below will be infected and die. And even so, these are just numbers, not people, right Sen. Johnson? BTW Ron Johnson is an accountant, so I presume he knows his way around numbers. (If you know what I mean?)
**329,412,932 (March 19, 2:56 EDT)
***11,200,039.382