Virus death rate is .5 precent

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  1. MrTLegal

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    The statement is not false. It is one method for estimating the mortality rate based on currently available data. The number of dead is also likely to be incorrect and undercounted.
     
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    They kinda go together
     
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    Your suggestion for how to move forward is fine so long as the "with caution" aspect is detailed and enforceable. This virus is, even on the best of circumstances, still five times as deadly as the flu and much more contagious without any antiviral or vaccine currently.

    Even if those people who are unlikely to face death, this virus still sucks.
     
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    You don't realize...or don't care, that your risky behavior puts my life at risk...

    Which is it?
     
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    New deaths per week tells you the death rate of a given cause of death. Covid-19 is definitely much more likely to kill you than a car crash right now.
     
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    If -you- are afraid, stay home.
    Don't expect others to abide by -your- fears.
     
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    Staying home offers little protection when the virus is allowed to run rampant outside your door. You need to get food and gas...or have someone bring it to you.

    In either case you risk exposure
     
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    .5% is the most common number I've seen, for quite some time. Why are you pretending that this is 1) new and 2) some kind of political victory? That's still much deadlier than the the seasonal flu, and given how contagious it is, that's really, really bad. What will it take to get you guys to acknowledge reality when it comes to this virus?
     
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    Your unwillingness to accept reality puts others at risk, even those trying to stay at home.
     
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    Others have pointed this out, but it bears repeating as it appears to be part of the source of your unwillingness to acknowledge reality. THIS. IS. OBJECTIVELY. FALSE.
     
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    And so, you are risk exposure no matter what you or anyone else does.
    Thus, there's no sound reason for anyone to abide by your fear.
     
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    Then you should add up the numbers of a curve. That would look even more dramatic.
    The number of deadly car crashes per week is low and nearly constant.
    Quite different with Covid19. Here we see logistical growth. :(
     
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    :lol:
    Logistical growth
    :lol:
     
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    I'm a bit apprehensive, I acknowledge it could totally backfire.
     
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    It will end up a .1% death rate, possibly lower.
     
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    Excellent graph. And that's with a lockdown. Now, imagine what the red curve would have looked like without the lockdown. But, but.... it's just like the flu....
     
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    And I'll take your religious faith into consideration. This is killing a lot of people, even compared to other diseases and common causes of death. Please stop pretending it is no big deal. Reality trumps feels.
     
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    So dig your bunker deeper, the rest of us are going to live life.
     
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    THIS. THIS. THIS. No matter how much they downplay the facts, we need to understand that we are looking at the LOWER fatality counts for the virus. And they want us to abandon the measures that brought that number down. No sane, informed person can claim this is the equivalent of the seasonal flu. Period. No excuses.
     
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    Except for those of you who don't. Or those who face permanent lung damage even if they survive. All because you think your feels and your spring break (woohoo!) are more important than the lives and safety of others.
     
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    Conjecture and you know it.

    But I would not expect anything less from you than inaccurate doom and gloom predictions, you have a track record of those on here.
     
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    Is the point your are trying to make that there are 2 different numbers?
    That's all nice. But the fact remains that without any action 1 million would die.
     

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