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COVID is pretty bad. We are having a 9/11-equivalent number of deaths every day.

• verdverm 5y ago
  You may wish to review the numbers you are stating comparisons about. The rate for COVID per day in the US is about 1300 (911k / 700 days). The total is about 9000 per day, which is 3x 9/11 every day https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
  • noxer 5y ago
    You must look at excess death not death in total.
    • verdverm 5y ago
      1300/day is roughly the excess. You need to compare it to normal (expected) total. excluding comparisons means you cannot judge severity one way or another. Basic stats here
• seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  Yes, and our response was pretty strong. How does my comment run counter to that? If it were even worse than it was, a Chinese-level lockdown response would have been necessary, but it wasn't, at least here in the USA.
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