4 ms·
Why? Why is this relevant? It seems the reason for this is to downplay covid-19. As if that outcome is what the whole world is freaking out over. If anything
by tjoff 7y ago
Why? Why is this relevant?
It seems the reason for this is to downplay covid-19. As if that outcome is what the whole world is freaking out over.
If anything you should see those numbers and ask yourself. What if it were exponentially worse?
That is also under the assumption that hospitals will not overrun. Which they will.
Don't plan on having any injuries this year.
- luc_ 7y agoDon't think the intent here is to downplay. Just to remember. You decide what you want to do with information shown to you.
- tjoff 7y agoYes, the public does what it wants to do with the information. And currently a large part of the public thinks it is a regular flu. So showing them an example of something else that was scary that didn't amount to anything (compared to what we are risking now) is helping exactly how?
- halamadrid 7y agoI felt there are a lot of people who is looking at the data from China and thinking it will stop at around a 100k total infections in the US. There are so many articles that says life is going back to normal. Even Apple opened all their stores. No one is disputing the higher death rates but somehow has this feeling that this won't be as bad as other flu incidents? I felt this was a good reminder that what many fear is going to be true. That 60-70% of population is likely going to be infected. Because that is what happened in the past. It's not going to go away in a few weeks.
- ComputerGuru 7y agoTo the contrary. That one was that bad and everything points to this being significantly worse. That’s a good reason to post it.
- tjoff 7y agoAgree, but that is not the takeaway people will take. "See, told you, just a bad flu." would be the expected response.
- halamadrid 7y agoThis is what I felt when someone pointed me to the article. I noticed people were still going to birthday parties and other social events when they really should be practicing social distancing. Even a milder flu like in 2009 could reach 59 million and COVID-19 can be exponentially worse. That is really the only take away. We need to discuss this in the open to bring that truth to light. I agree with some of the folks here who said many could see it another way and take light view of the situation. What exactly can make them see it differently though?
- tree3 7y agoI don't think this downplays it at all. If 59 million were infected with H1N1, what's stopping them from being infected with COVID-19, which has a mortality rate at least 10x higher, if not 30x higher?
- tjoff 7y agoNothing. But people don't tend to make that connection. It is obvious that they haven't so far.