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Wait until 100,000 people die, which would only be 0.2% of the population.
by outside1234 7y ago
Wait until 100,000 people die, which would only be 0.2% of the population.
- jodrellblank 7y agoThat's about 14 days of people dying at normal USA death rate. Do you think people notice that happening and adjust for it?
- surewhynat 7y agohospitals will be overcrowded so your "normal" USA death rate will actually increase because the people who would normally receive medical attention will no longer receive it.
- jodrellblank 7y ago"my" death rate? My "normal" death rate? What are you saying? There will be overlap between people who die of diseases routinely (the elderly, the immuno-compromised, and those with underlying conditions, and the unlucky) and those who die of this disease. No matter, the point still stands - if 100,000 people dying is what it takes to change people's behaviour significantly, that ought to happen every month, and it doesn't.
- standardUser 7y agoThe truth is most deaths are going to be people near or beyond average life expectancy. I don't want to minimize the impact of any person's death, but I think people in general are willing to accept a fairly high death rate among the elderly, especially considering the most likely to perish are those who were already the most likely to perish. The death rate among the under-70 population is a different matter. If the medical system is overloaded and working-age people start dying en masse, I imagine that would change public consciousness quickly.
- throwaway4797 7y agoYoung people don't necessarily die but they may very well end up in reanimation. The prognosis is hopeful if you're young and in reanimation, except if there aren't enough beds to host a sudden afflux of newly sick people in need of reanimation. Should I continue?
- ouchjars 7y agoDo you mean resuscitation?
- throwaway4797 7y agoProbably. Sorry, my English is failing me when it comes to more technical words