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Maybe 10-20% of the world dies. It's not a joke, we are only 3 months into looking at the virus, we can't be sure what it's doing. What is happening here? We
by aaron695 7y ago
Maybe 10-20% of the world dies.
It's not a joke, we are only 3 months into looking at the virus, we can't be sure what it's doing.
What is happening here? We started to see this a month ago in Japan.
Given every step so far in all countries leaders have shown no understanding of even the obvious and what to do, I think they are just choosing to ignore it at our peril.
- rpiguy 7y agoWe have an excellent idea of how the disease progresses and what it looks like in countries that don’t isolate like Sweden. We will carry on and live with it, like we do with the flu. Mortality rate is .37% in Germany. Here in the US we are at around .5%. The CDC projects 60K total deaths, which is less than the flu. Although I think it is doubtful, if it does end up killing 10-20% like the Spanish Flu then better to get it over with instead of stretching it out. The good news is that after the Spanish Flu we had the roaring 20’s so there is still light on the horizon.
- bathtub365 7y agoThe problem with “getting it over with instead of stretching it out” is that the healthcare system will be overwhelmed and more will die as a result. This is careless and irresponsible to suggest and I don’t know why it keeps being brought up.
- Trasmatta 7y agoNearly 800 million deaths? That's not going to happen, even if there was no mitigation.