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re: I read a bunch of COVID-19 scientific articles today
Posted on 2/25/20 at 10:42 pm to Eli Goldfinger
Posted on 2/25/20 at 10:42 pm to Eli Goldfinger
And 2,700 have died from it compared to the 14,000 that have died from the flu?
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Posted on 2/25/20 at 10:48 pm to pwejr88
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And 2,700 have died from it compared to the 14,000 that have died from the flu?
But you see...you’re grouping all influenza strains (and probably some stomach bugs) into 1 and comparing them to a single strain of coronavirus.
It’s not deadly to most folks, but extremely dangerous to the elderly.
This post was edited on 2/26/20 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 2/25/20 at 10:54 pm to pwejr88
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And 2,700 have died from it compared to the 14,000 that have died from the flu?
12k have died from the flu from October 1, 2019 through February 20, 2020. That's ~84 people per day (143 days).
I believe the first reported cases of COVID-19 were on 1/20/20 and to date there have been 2,760 deaths. That's ~76 deaths per day (36 days).
One big difference at this point is that we have a flu shot (which has limited impact) but no COVID-19 shot.
Doing the same things you do to avoid the flu should help tremendously (use anti-bacterials, sneeze into your elbow, etc).
Posted on 2/26/20 at 1:20 am to pwejr88
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And 2,700 have died from it compared to the 14,000 that have died from the flu?
What is it with the number of people on this board that don't do basic math? Maybe this will help -
With the flu 0.2 % or 2000 people in every 1 million that get the flu die. With coronavirus 2.1 % or 21,000 people in every 1 million that get coronavirus die.
With approximately 350 million people in the US, if everyone got the flu 700,000 people would die. If everyone got coronavirus, 7,350,000 people would die.
It's not absolute numbers, it's percentages.
This post was edited on 2/26/20 at 1:25 am
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