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Please don't dismiss this illness. Your stated facts are not correct. One is 50 times more likely to die from CORVID-19 than a car crash. The latest CORVID-1

Please don't dismiss this illness. Your stated facts are not correct. One is 50 times more likely to die from CORVID-19 than a car crash. The latest CORVID-19 fatality rates for those aged 15 to 44 is 0.5% [1]. The odds of dying in a car crash in one year are 0.01% [2] [1] https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/lower-coronavirus-death-rate-estimates/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/16/lower-coronavirus-death-... [2] https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-overview/odds-of-dying/ https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-o... - assumed 78 year lifespan

p2detar 7y ago
Not to be picky, but those stats may be different for people that get intoxicated on a regular basis. Much like OP suggests.
chrismcb 7y ago
I believe your first statistic is based on where you get the disease or not. The second is just based on the number of car accidents per year. I don't think we really know what the odds are you will be infected