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> And that's a pretty grim outcome since it would be 10x worse than any virus we know. This basic back of the envelop math makes me think the figure of 147,000,
by lern_too_spel 7y ago
> And that's a pretty grim outcome since it would be 10x worse than any virus we know. This basic back of the envelop math makes me think the figure of 147,000,000 dead (the logical implication to the Atlantic's estimates) is pure quackery.
You seem to be unfamiliar with the Spanish Flu, which killed almost 200k Americans in October 1918 alone, and travel has gotten much easier since then. SARS was contained, and COVID-19 looks like it won't be, so it is grossly misleading to pretend the total deaths will be in the same ballpark.