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> why haven't we been in lockdown every year until this deadly scourge has been exterminated? Probably because 700k/year is globally, while the US alone has su
by optimiz3 6y ago
> why haven't we been in lockdown every year until this deadly scourge has been exterminated?
Probably because 700k/year is globally, while the US alone has suffered 100k deaths in 3 months.
- clairity 6y agocurrently ~350K global deaths for covid, in 6 months, since december.
- thawaway1837 6y agoIn about 3 months. For a disease that was growing exponentially before action was taken and even now is only just stopped growing in countries where action was taken. And no mosquito outbreak has caused entire hospital systems to collapse in various parts of the world.
- jakeogh 6y agohttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/health_policy/influenza-and-pneumonia-deaths-2008-2015.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/health_policy/influenza-and-pn...