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My thoughts on this virus. I am NOT an expert (no where close. But if people respond it will shed some light for everyone): * Since the federal government has
by eezurr 7y ago
My thoughts on this virus. I am NOT an expert (no where close. But if people respond it will shed some light for everyone):
* Since the federal government has be slow to respond, I am beginning to wonder how much of our emergency supply chain is NOT located within the US. In a pandemic situation, every country is going to be looking after their population first. We may have lost the capacity.
* The expected death count is 1-2 million. Our country is full of people with preexisting conditions.
* Heart Disease: 22,000,000. Death rate due to Coronavirus: 10%
* Diabetes: 34,200,200. Death rate due to Coronavirus: 7.3%
* Chronic Respiratory Disorder: 16,000,000. Death rate due to Coronavirus: 6.3%
* High Blood Pressure: 108,000,000. Death rate due to Coronavirus: 6.0%
* Cancer: 1,735,000. Death rate due to Coronavirus: 5.6%
Granted, there is a lot of overlap, but even if we just use High Blood Prease, that's 6,000,000 deaths alone (multiplied by expected spread of virus e.g. 70%). This excludes death rates for all healthy people over 60.
All sources are from coronavirus related wikipedia articles and .gov sites dedicated to American health statistics.