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I don't disagree with you, just want to mention that people on Facebook are very dumb if they think 98% survivability is a good rate, given how easily this dise
by jonathanstrange 5y ago
I don't disagree with you, just want to mention that people on Facebook are very dumb if they think 98% survivability is a good rate, given how easily this disease is transmitted without stringent measures.
Luckily, the estimated fatality rate with modern medical care is much lower.
- wiz21c 5y agofor an individual, it's "good" if you accept to have one chance over 50 to die of it. for a population, it's a lot of deaths. all depends if you think "you first" or "the other first"
- soonnow 5y agoWell I just did a test with a tool for lung cancer risk. Assuming I smoked half a pack a day for 25 years and stopped at 40, my risk would be 1 in 1000. Yet noone would say it's "good" to smoke. Even if the risk is 10% of the risk of dying of COVID.
- majewsky 5y agoA 2% death chance may look small on its face, but Covid is not the only thing you can die from. If you accept a 2% death chance ten separate times, your death chance overall is 18.3%. I bet those are numbers which a lot of people won't be comfortable with anymore.