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The problem is that statistically the confirmed number of cases is only 1 in 2 million in the US at the moment. Your chance of getting hit by lightning in any o
by dwd 7y ago
The problem is that statistically the confirmed number of cases is only 1 in 2 million in the US at the moment. Your chance of getting hit by lightning in any one year is higher at 1 in 700k. So at this stage it is very hard to comprehend.
It's when you consider the prediction that 40-70% of the adult population are going to be infected if it's not halted that you have to take it seriously. Noah Feldman while interviewing Harvard epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch who gave that figure admitted that it just didn't seem real that we are looking at 1 million+ deaths in the US if that level of infection occurs. Very sobering thought.
- whatshisface 7y agoAs far as policymakers are concerned, it's the 40-70% that needs to be focused on as preparations are made. We're talking a few, maybe three months before this thing has blown up from an insignificant 1 in 2M and impacted most people's lives indirectly. What people have a hard time imagining is that something can go from insignificant to significant so quickly.