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[ReignOnU]

The list isn't misleading, it's completely irrelevant. That's comparing developed illnesses vs something that's been around a few months. It hasn't even come close to a full spread yet. It's going to ravage South American and Africa.

[nick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjmtSkl53h4

[nick]

South Korea was doing a heroic job controlling #COVID for the first 30 patients. Then #Patient31 did not adhere to #socialdistancing. Caused 2 clusters responsble for 80% of South Koreas infections.

[Cnasty]

Fed reserve slash interest rates to zero.

[The_Niddler]

Ohio just forced all restaurants and bars to close to dine-in services.
Carry-out only starting at 9 PM tonight.

[shel311]

Fed reserve slash interest rates to zero.

What should I be doing with this? Feels like should be doing something lol.

[Wasted Memory]

Spend, spend, spend!

[shel311]

Based on Wiki's numbers, it looks like the current mortality rate in the US is 1.6%.


The Washington nursing home thing is quite the outlier though. And that nursing home has been researched to death, and it seems shady as hell. In 2016, they paid out $145mil to settle a fraud suit against them.


If you take out the Washington numbers, there's been roughly 3k cases and 22 deaths, which would be a 0.7% mortality rate, still higher than the seasonal flu which I think is 0.2%.


And again, all of this does not account for the fact that the US completely dropped the ball on the test kits, so we know the # of affected is probably wayyyyyyy higher than the 3k number we have now.

[nick]

if everyone gets it at .7% thatd be 2.1 million americans

[shel311]

if everyone gets it at .7% thatd be 2.1 million americans

Yes, but it remains to be seen how many Americans actually get it because it won't be every American.

[nick]

why not?

[nick]

also mortality rates will go up to the 2-3% when hospitals are overwhelmed and people are turned aside.

[shel311]

why not?

Well, it's less contagious than the flu and not every American gets the flu.

So the better question would be why do you think every American will get it, what is that based on?

[shel311]

If you take out the Washington numbers, there's been roughly 3k cases and 22 deaths, which would be a 0.7% mortality rate

Also, since South Korea started testing the shit out of everyone, wanna guess what the mortality rate is there?


0.7%


Again, not downplaying that number, but it's a heck of a lot different than 2-3%.

[Cnasty]

why not?

Well, it's less contagious than the flu and not every American gets the flu.

So the better question would be why do you think every American will get it, what is that based on?

It’s significantly more contagious then the flu from everything I have seen and read.

[nick]

why not?

Well, it's less contagious than the flu and not every American gets the flu.

So the better question would be why do you think every American will get it, what is that based on?

its less contagious???

[Cnasty]

CDC just released “recommendations” of no public gatherings of 50 or more.

[nick]

keeping track outta boredom

from: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

[shel311]

why not?

Well, it's less contagious than the flu and not every American gets the flu.

So the better question would be why do you think every American will get it, what is that based on?

its less contagious???

I'll try to find it but the WHO stated that it was less contagious.

[nick]

Italians are dying at a 7.3% clip. woof