re: This is no longer about the virus..

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Do you know the exact number of infected people both worldwide and in the U.S.?

Do you know the exact death total worldwide and in the U.S.?

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You might be surprised to learn that we know the exact numbers for almost nothing in this world. You might also be surprised to learn that we don't need exact numbers in order to produce estimates.

You also seem to be under the mistaken impression that an estimate is simply a "guess" at best or an outright falsehood at worst.

All that said, the death figures we have for the US are probably very accurate. The same goes for the numbers out of Europe. I know a lot of you crazies think they're just tossing bodies out and checking off the covid column, but that just isn't happening. Right wing media must be going wild about misconstruing the Birx statement.

As for the number of infected, that is obviously the wild card here, and that is the reason I mentioned the diamond princess and the study out of Germany. These "hot zones" seem to tend to burn out after about 15% of the population has been infected.

If we look at a place like NYC, we can plug in that number and see if it makes sense with what we know. The NYC area currently stands at about 98k positive tests and 6200 deaths. Obviously not all cases have been caught, so obviously the fatality rate is nowhere near the 6% those numbers would indicate. But, if we use the 15% infection figures that we have now seen in more than one study, the NYC area might be approaching something like 1.2million infections, or roughly 12 cases for every 1 positive test. That sounds absolutely reasonable, don't you think? Going with that number, the 6200 deaths / 1.2million cases gives a fatality rate of about 0.5%.

This number is based on multiple studies and a lot of data. It is in no way a lie. And you absolutely cannot call it "false" without making absolutely wild assumptions.