That Americans don't understand what a 99.9875% Survival rate means...
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The proper metric should be CFR. Case Fatality Rate.
I think your survivor's rate includes people who did NOT survive COVID-19 because... they never had it.
And, IF a Covid-19 vaccine WAS 90% effective, then cases would, by definition, be reduced to 10% along with a reduction in CFR to 10%.
You are being cute, but let's be honest as a good conservative should be.
You little graphic is really apples and tube socks.
So to be clear, it is your stipulation then that the current death rate of 77 per 100K in the USA (CDC states 77/100K deaths as of today) putting this below Heart Disease, Cancer and Accidental Death (car crash/Medical Accidents) is enough reason to shut down the economy? Surely if 99.9875% of people survive this we need to rush an MRNA vaccine that has less than 12 months of testing, right? You are missing the forest through the trees. If you really believe this is anything to worry about then you deserve everything you get!
Did I say that? No, i did not say that.
To be clear, I am saying that the meme is comparing panty hose to particle accelerators.
If the vaccine is 95% effective and safe, then one would expect a 95% reduction in the cases and case fatality rate.
The meme is lame. Perhaps it looks smart to an idiot because it has numbers. But it is misleading.