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Know what’s worse than this virus? Panic. This shit is no deadlier than the regular flu. If you’re not 80+ or have a bad health you’re fine. They need to fire
by whb07 7y ago
Know what’s worse than this virus? Panic.
This shit is no deadlier than the regular flu. If you’re not 80+ or have a bad health you’re fine.
They need to fire these officials.
- 0xffff2 7y agoa) AFAICT we don't have enough data to reliably say how deadly it is yet. b) Despite that, what data we do have suggests that it's at least quite a bit deadlier, we're just waiting to see how much.
- notabee 7y agoEven the rate in younger people, such as those in their 20s, is higher than flu at 0.2%. The rate for flu in the 18-49 age range averaged about 0.001%[1] It's not just the flu. Please don't assert that without checking the numbers. 1. https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/2/156/123327 https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/2/156/123327
- whb07 7y agoI'll assert that panic and fear is worse than this disease. I'll also assert that the tens of thousands that are surmised to have the virus are largely unreported therefore this disease is vastly overplayed.