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You quote a 0.35% death rate. Google says there are 328.2 million Americans. Do the math. It's amusing for someone arguing "science" to be unable to multiple t
by ecopoesis 6y ago
You quote a 0.35% death rate. Google says there are 328.2 million Americans. Do the math.
It's amusing for someone arguing "science" to be unable to multiple two fucking numbers.
You are saying 1,148,700 deaths is okay, that people are "panicking" for no reason. A 40% increase in death rate (the CDC says there were 2,813,503 deaths in 2019) seems like a pretty reasonable reason to "panic".
Trying to save a sixth of a Holocaust seems like decent public policy.
- nradov 6y agoI didn't quote a 0.35% death rate. That represents a possible upper bound on IFR based on data so far. Even in a worst case scenario it is impossible for 100% of Americans to be infected. Your simplistic estimate is missing critical variables. I never claimed that any number of deaths is "okay" so stop arguing in bad faith and putting words in my mouth. Panicking is irrational and never helpful. We need rational, science-based policies now more than ever. Certainly we should save as many lives as possible, but we can't get tunnel vision and focus on COVID-19 to the exclusion of all else. The lockdowns also kill people. They die slowly from lack of medical care, depression, substance abuse, and suicide but in the end they're dead all the same. It's like trying to run a business by focusing entirely on revenue and ignoring costs.