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That works out to 2000 micromorts, which compares to the accumulated baseline risk over 3 months of living: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort https://en
by kd5bjo 7y ago
That works out to 2000 micromorts, which compares to the accumulated baseline risk over 3 months of living: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort
- StavrosK 7y agoI still wouldn't want to get infected.
- yread 7y agoYes, bit more dangerous than BASE-jumping. No, thanks. When was the last time you did something that had 0.2% chance to kill you? Also what this number kind of glosses over is how are the survivors doing. Half of those that get ARDS have life-long consequences. There are still 20.000 active cases in China, 1 month after the epidemic peaked there. EDIT: I took BASE jumping risk from here http://www.wingsuitfly.com/risk/4572000812 http://www.wingsuitfly.com/risk/4572000812 not from the wiki reference
- IanCal 7y agoThat's also the risk without some major reward. If you want to do base jumping you're trading that risk for an exhilarating experience at least.
- hclalpha 7y agoYeah but the report doesn't talk about the degradation in quality of life you'll have to endure if you survive. It may take you months/years to fully recover.
- Symmetry 7y agoAs a 30-something 2000 micromorts is like my entire yearly micromort budget. I mean, I wasn't seriously worried about dying in 2020 but risks over 1,000 micromorts are worth treating as a serious deal even if you shouldn't be terrified of them.