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They're bad, but if you put it into the context of normal daily life it's not that crazy. Check out the CDC stats[1] yourself. On average there are about ~1700
by brenden2 7y ago
They're bad, but if you put it into the context of normal daily life it's not that crazy. Check out the CDC stats[1] yourself. On average there are about ~1700 deaths per day from heart disease alone in the US, according to the CDC data.
[1]: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
- daveFNbuck 7y agoNone of those other numbers are doubling every three days.
- ceejayoz 7y agoIf heart disease deaths were contagious and increasing by 33% daily, that'd be a great point.
- Symmetry 7y agoIf the number of heart disease deaths doubled every 3 days I would take heart disease much more seriously than I do now.
- sp332 7y agoAnd now that number is going to go up because medical care is less available.
- DougBTX 7y agohttps://xkcd.com/2278/ https://xkcd.com/2278/
- 49para 7y agoThose numbers are going to go up if your hospitals are overwhelmed. Additionally, a very large percentage of health care workers will catch the virus, this will further reduce the amount of capacity. Loss of health care workers could be a long term issue as well given the CFR in a place like Italy.