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> you could be looking at millions of deaths in the US alone That's not true. Very worst case scenario will be 160,000 deaths based on our last data. But aroun
by hartator 7y ago
> you could be looking at millions of deaths in the US alone
That's not true. Very worst case scenario will be 160,000 deaths based on our last data. But around 60,000 is more probable even we go out of lockdown right now.
Ref: https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america
- Tainnor 7y agonotice the preceding clause in the sentence you quoted, "if not contained somehow". The numbers you cite all assume social distancing measures, it says so at the very top (and also the forecast only goes to the end of August, there is no guarantee that the virus doesn't come back in winter or so, we saw this with the Spanish flu).