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Case in point: Covid killed 6M people (0.0008% of world's population). 200 years ago, it would have been much much higher.
by nabaraz 4y ago
Case in point: Covid killed 6M people (0.0008% of world's population). 200 years ago, it would have been much much higher.
- Retric 4y ago8 billion / 6.7 million is 1/1,200 or 0.00084 which is 0.084% not 0.0008%. You forgot that % means shifting the decimal 2 places to the left. Also, “A recent assessment of health information systems capacity in 133 countries found that the percentage of registered deaths ranged from 98% in the European region to only 10% in the African region.” https://www.who.int/data/stories/the-true-death-toll-of-covid-19-estimating-global-excess-mortality https://www.who.int/data/stories/the-true-death-toll-of-covi.... Actual death totals are likely closer to 15 Million than 7. Thus the real death total is likely around 0.2% of global population which is still quite far from the Black Death etc, but far from meaningless.
- neuronic 4y agoAdditionally, a lot of the negative consequences due to COVID are not caught in the death rate statistics. Long COVID/Post-viral syndrome and related long term health issues are doing a number on economies and healthcare systems around the globe. Secondary deaths are also not counted, for example due to reduced quality of care in stressed healthcare systems. Try getting ER treatment in China right now...
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