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Just so you know, around 3 million people die in the US every year, many of the million people you expect to die would have ended up being counted in that 3 mil
by cdash 6y ago
Just so you know, around 3 million people die in the US every year, many of the million people you expect to die would have ended up being counted in that 3 million background statistic.
More importantly, herd immunity is the ONLY solution on the table right now, the lockdown is not about stopping the virus in its tracks. It is about spreading it out over a period of time.
- esoterica 6y ago>the lockdown is not about stopping the virus in its tracks. It is about spreading it out over a period of time. It's unclear what the lockdown is about at all since the government messaging has been incoherent. Many countries have (so far) succesfully contained the virus without herd immunity through contact tracing, and the US government has been making vague comments about pursuing something along those lines despite not doing anything to increase testing volumes to the levels necessary for contact tracing.
- usaar333 6y agoDepends where you are. The Bay Area is contact tracing every case and as a result is at a really low new case count (Santa Clara County is at 11 per million/day over the last week, significantly lower than successful country's peaks (NZ/SK), while still having tighter restrictions.