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The 2.2 million number was the projected number (In March) of deaths with no mitigation taken. 200,000 is what Dr. Birx said then, in March. We're in November
by hellotomyrars 6y ago
The 2.2 million number was the projected number (In March) of deaths with no mitigation taken. 200,000 is what Dr. Birx said then, in March.
We're in November now, and it's surging again. Less people are dying as we've learned how to best treat it, but the biggest risks are with overwhelming healthcare resources and that's exactly what is starting to happen as cases begin to surge, once again.
We could have done better as a country. It's hard to see how anyone could argue against that. Regardless of how you feel politically, the response in the US has been poorly coordinated at best.
- m0zg 6y agoPeople are dying at a much lower rate, we have the highest testing throughput in the world (and still growing), and if mainstream press is to be believed, we're a month or two from deploying a "95% effective" vaccine. We'll be fine.
- exogeny 6y agoWill be fine, future tense. The future tense being “fine” does not mean that intolerable incompetence didn’t already occur.
- hellotomyrars 6y agoThere are also plenty deleterious long-term effects from Covid infections that aren't outright dying. We'll be fine (most of us, eventually, on a long enough timeline). That doesn't excuse the failure to meaningfully respond to the issue in the first place.