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PoohClimbsTrees 16 points ago +18 / -2

It is overblown.

We have yet to lose even a single days worth of flu victims in the US.

https://i.maga.host/ABuE9rv.jpg

https://i.maga.host/pzTt7A6.jpg

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ChuckNorrisIsAPede 10 points ago +10 / -0

1,400,000,000 people live in China. If we believe the reports there are 80,000 Chinese cases. That is about a half of one percent of the population.

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practicalize 7 points ago +7 / -0

More like 0.0057% or about half of one hundredth of a percent.

80,000 / 1,400,000 = 0.0000571

0.000057 converted to percentage by multiplying the decimal value by 100 is 0.0057%.

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PoohClimbsTrees 7 points ago +8 / -1

That lines up with South Korea data.

South Korea has widespread testing.

South Korea has tested 140,000 people for the coronavirus. That could explain why its death rate is just 0.6%

Sample size matters, especially for morbidity rates.

https://www.businessinsider.com/south-korea-coronavirus-testing-death-rate-2020-3

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PoohClimbsTrees 8 points ago +8 / -0

Trains are not statistically dangerous. You just proved that yourself.

Plus, those were deaths by stupidity not trains. Darwin killed them, the train did not attack them.

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Deleted 7 points ago +7 / -0

Car accidents are higher.

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PoohClimbsTrees 4 points ago +5 / -1

So is the virus more, or less, aggressive than trains in attacking people?

While you seem to have a train phobia and think they attack people, you do realize that viruses ACTUALLY attack people don't you?

That was a pretty silly question.

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bitterbut_true 5 points ago +5 / -0

Of those 442....I'm betting 436 were suicides.

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Dereliction 2 points ago +4 / -2

"Yet" is the key word in your statement. Cov19 has all the potential to kill many, many more than the standard flu variants.

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PoohClimbsTrees 10 points ago +10 / -0

No one denied that, the conversation was about it being overblown.

So far the range is not that far off the normal flu and looks to be far less deadly than many of the outbreaks, as my graphic showed.

If you are healthy and under 60 so far it seems you don't have a high risk of death at all.

Flu season is almost over, it will be interesting to see if this follows the same pattern.

https://i.maga.host/ABuE9rv.jpg

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Greatest_adventure 1 point ago +1 / -0

Flu season can extend into early May, according to CDC.

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PoohClimbsTrees 1 point ago +1 / -0

Can, yes, but peak season is almost over.

That does not mean it is fully gone, but the peak is almost over.

https://i.maga.host/uoj6Oio.jpg

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Staatssicherheit -1 points ago +2 / -3

Can you promise that we will never lose a single days worth of flu victims from the coronavirus? Nobody knows. That's the risk.

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PoohClimbsTrees 4 points ago +4 / -0

Can you promise that we will never lose a single days worth of flu victims from the coronavirus? Nobody knows

Of course we will lose at least that many total, That is obvious. Just because the hype is overblown does not mean we are not going to lose more people.

It would be entirely silly to believe we won't lose more people.

Yet, we are still not close to a single days worth of flu deaths so far.