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> the deaths of thousands or more More like a million deaths assuming 50% UK infected and 2% death rate.
by jfkebwjsbx 7y ago
> the deaths of thousands or more
More like a million deaths assuming 50% UK infected and 2% death rate.
- mkl 7y ago50%×2% = 1%. 1%×67.5 million = 675,000.
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoWhich is "like a million". Both the 50% and the 2% are very conservative.
- Udik 7y agoEspecially the 2% figure holds when intensive care is available. But if you plan to let millions get infected at the same time, there won't be any intensive care- there will probably be no care at all.