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We can't eradicate it, but he can coral it, make it less deadly. Not sure where your 2 year statistic from. In 2020 about 6% of US population caught it, sinc
by chrismcb 5y ago
We can't eradicate it, but he can coral it, make it less deadly.
Not sure where your 2 year statistic from. In 2020 about 6% of US population caught it, since then another 6% of so have caught it. It will take like 10 years to hit that 99% mark.
- angelzen 5y agoAccording to CDC estimates, it's 20% of US population up to late July 2021. And that's before Delta, which everyone agrees is significantly more infectious than Wild/Alpha. It gives me no pleasure to say it, but as a parent with school kids I see no way to avoid covid in the medium term. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#national-lab https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#national-lab
- TheCowboy 5y agoI don't know where you're getting these numbers. They seem way on the low end. If you're going by CDC tracked cases (seems like 12% there, 40m cumulative cases/328m pop=12%?) to infer the total number of people infected then you're making a huge error. I'd also point out that the CDC said earlier this year that it would not track asymptomatic/minor cases among the vaccinated (bad decision IMHO). I also think extrapolating from those numbers to 10 years doesn't make sense given the multiple variables involved. Here's a Nature published study that says probably at least double what you suggest: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/one-three-americans-already-had-covid-19-end-2020 https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news...