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It is commendable to search for solutions to the Corona virus. But the author is doing himself a disservice by saying that tens of millions of people worldwide
by sharken 7y ago
It is commendable to search for solutions to the Corona virus.
But the author is doing himself a disservice by saying that tens of millions of people worldwide will die.
And why is it a bad thing to have to be vaccinated on a yearly basis, poor African countries have not been hit hard that is a fact.
The areas being hit the hardest can afford to be vaccinated yearly and is accustomed to it with the yearly flu shot.
Other than that, keep up the good work !
- banachtarski 7y agoYou’re ignoring the fact that this virus Is an order of magnitude more lethal than the flu, and I would guess that most individuals in poorer countries skip the vaccine altogether.
- sharken 7y agoIt has only been proven lethal for very old and people with chronic illnesses. Those people should stay at home and practice distancing.
- CathedralBorrow 7y agoAre you just igoring news that fly in the face of what you're stating here? Have you looked at the current state of NYC?
- sharken 7y agoMy wording could be better I admit and yes I have looked at the NYC numbers that show 86% of deaths are due to underlying illnesses, source: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/07/new-york-coronavirus-deaths-data-shows-most-had-underlying-illnesses/2960151001/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/04/07/new-yor... Being old and having underlying illnesses is by far the biggest reason for deaths in NYC, with Hypertension and Diabetes being among the top risk factors. Worryingly, in Sweden in the capital Stockholm, around 15% of the staff caring for the elderly have had Corona virus.
- banachtarski 7y agoSorry but are you an epidemiologist or virologist? The armchair advice you're giving very much belies what established experts in the field are saying. It also ignores all the cases of respiratory and cardiac complications in not just the elderly. Is "very old" equivalent to "older than 20" for you?
- DanBC 7y agoSorry, but that's just not true. This tweet links to data from UK ITUs. https://twitter.com/ActuaryByDay/status/1246866119597621248 https://twitter.com/ActuaryByDay/status/1246866119597621248
- m_mueller 7y agoOP didn't say that, he said without depression-causing economical restrictions this is going to be a likely headcount. I.e. right now there is a difficult choice between killing the economy and killing millions of people.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> But the author is doing himself a disservice by saying that tens of millions of people worldwide will die. We're officially at almost hundred thousand dead now, most places on Earth haven't reached peak infections yet, and it's an open secret that deaths are being underreported everywhere. I can easily see tens of millions of dead in few weeks.