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Well deaths in the US only for flu were 50,000 last year. Still 5x less.

by hartator 7y ago

ClumsyPilot 7y ago
Corvid 19 deaths are doubling every 3 days in US and a few other countries. Do the extrapolation.
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  Trillions will die. You can only extrapolate so far.
  - listsfrin 7y ago
    People seem like computers these days: they only think in logarithms, they "forget" to add some common sense.
- antpls 7y ago
  Even in Italy, the National Health Institute said that 88% of the declared "dead by covid19" had in fact at least 1 or 2 other pre-morbidities. If a 80 years old dies from heart attack and is tested positive by covid19, it will count as "dead by covid19". The numbers we see in the news of "CFR" for the covid19 are, in my opinion, inaccurate. The number only shows the spread of the infection, not its actual fatality rate.
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - lifthrasiir 7y ago
    CFR is a death rate of the population with particular medical conditions by definition. It is a correct usage. CFR doesn't translate to the additional death rate, but it does contribute to the death rate by unspecified amount. In particular high enough CFR directly translates to the additional death rate when it exceeds the original crude death rate.
  - kgwgk 7y ago
    In anything Italy is undercounting covid-19 deaths: The mayor of Bergamo, a city in northern Italy devastated by coronavirus, said on Monday that the actual death toll from the pandemic is likely several times higher than official count. Giorgio Gori told NBC News on Monday that the total deaths in Bergamo are three to four times higher than during an average year, signaling that the virus is killing many more people than medical authorities have reported. "We [have] evidence now in our territories that many people are unfortunately dying in their homes or in the residence for [seniors]," Gori said via Skype. "They are not officially tested because the test is only for people that go to the hospital with serious symptoms."
  - greedo 7y ago
    Doctors are also reporting that patients who seem to be improving are suddenly arresting due to the virus. So counting those victims as "dead by covid19" seems to be correct.
- jjgreen 7y ago
  In 47 days, twice the population of the Earth will be dead.
  - gindely 7y ago
    Of humans or crows?

Well deaths in the US only for flu were 50,000 last year. Still 5x less.

ClumsyPilot 7y ago

Corvid 19 deaths are doubling every 3 days in US and a few other countries. Do the extrapolation.

Dylan16807 7y ago
Trillions will die. You can only extrapolate so far.
- listsfrin 7y ago
  People seem like computers these days: they only think in logarithms, they "forget" to add some common sense.
antpls 7y ago
Even in Italy, the National Health Institute said that 88% of the declared "dead by covid19" had in fact at least 1 or 2 other pre-morbidities. If a 80 years old dies from heart attack and is tested positive by covid19, it will count as "dead by covid19". The numbers we see in the news of "CFR" for the covid19 are, in my opinion, inaccurate. The number only shows the spread of the infection, not its actual fatality rate.
- deleted 7y ago
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- lifthrasiir 7y ago
  CFR is a death rate of the population with particular medical conditions by definition. It is a correct usage. CFR doesn't translate to the additional death rate, but it does contribute to the death rate by unspecified amount. In particular high enough CFR directly translates to the additional death rate when it exceeds the original crude death rate.
- kgwgk 7y ago
  In anything Italy is undercounting covid-19 deaths: The mayor of Bergamo, a city in northern Italy devastated by coronavirus, said on Monday that the actual death toll from the pandemic is likely several times higher than official count. Giorgio Gori told NBC News on Monday that the total deaths in Bergamo are three to four times higher than during an average year, signaling that the virus is killing many more people than medical authorities have reported. "We [have] evidence now in our territories that many people are unfortunately dying in their homes or in the residence for [seniors]," Gori said via Skype. "They are not officially tested because the test is only for people that go to the hospital with serious symptoms."
- greedo 7y ago
  Doctors are also reporting that patients who seem to be improving are suddenly arresting due to the virus. So counting those victims as "dead by covid19" seems to be correct.
jjgreen 7y ago
In 47 days, twice the population of the Earth will be dead.
- gindely 7y ago
  Of humans or crows?