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A stable 80 deaths per day isn't that many, it's only 29,200 people per year. But with covid-19 the numbers of people dying is doubling every 3 days. 80, 160,
by DanBC 7y ago
A stable 80 deaths per day isn't that many, it's only 29,200 people per year.
But with covid-19 the numbers of people dying is doubling every 3 days.
80, 160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, 5120, 10,240, 20,480
Potentially Covid-19 would hit that 29200 figure in about 25 days from today.
- drstewart 7y agoKeep extrapolating and you'll find 2.5 trillion people will be dead just a week after that.
- DanBC 7y agoLook at Italy; look at Spain. These are not unreasonable extrapolations.
- brenden2 7y agoNeither of them have exponential growth. The rate of growth has steadily decreased after the first initial spike of cases.
- gpderetta 7y agoThe growth seems to be tapering off after extreme lockdown measures have been taken.
- DanBC 7y agoOf deaths? Here's Spain. They implemented lockdown on about the 7th of March. https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/spain/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/spain/ 8th 17 deaths 11th 55 14th 196 17th 533 20th 1093 23rd 2311 26th 4365