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It can be a major pandemic and still almost everyone will survive it. If it kills 1% that would be huge, but 99% of you will still be here.
by thedance 7y ago
It can be a major pandemic and still almost everyone will survive it. If it kills 1% that would be huge, but 99% of you will still be here.
- trengorilla 7y agoWell so far 9% of fully resolved cases have ended in death. It's nearly all old people so I'll take some comfort in that though :D
- pmoriarty 7y agoKilling off 1% of the US population would mean over 3 million dead, and it would be close to 80 million if it infects the whole world. In addition it appears that something like 20% of those infected suffer severe, crippling lung damage. That's not to mention all the economic damage, which in turn will have more adverse health consequences. We really should not be taking this lightly, even if a lot less people get infected and the mortality rate isn't quite that high it could still be devastating.
- thedance 7y agoI said it would be huge, didn’t I? The other poster said it might not kill most people, my point is even massive disasters don’t come anywhere near killing most people.