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> People are concerned about the lethality getting worse, but they shouldn't be They should. Lockdowns deal with the exponential phase, but in the long term th
by owl57 6y ago
> People are concerned about the lethality getting worse, but they shouldn't be
They should. Lockdowns deal with the exponential phase, but in the long term the process is not exponential. The virus is probably going to infect half of population anyway. There simply aren't ten times more people it could infect. On the other hand, there are ten times more people it could kill or cripple.
- jiggawatts 6y agoPercentage wise the total population infection rate even in the US and UK isn't actually high, something like 9-11 percent at the moment after a full year of the virus spreading. Even with this faster spreading strain, it's possible that the vaccination efforts will win out and halt the spread before it reaches 50% of the population.