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Death perspective for US Coronavirus [View all] SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 OP
Bump for truth bomb SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #1
Do you have a link to support this? n/t Chemisse Mar 2020 #2
Yes. Based on trackcorona.live SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #4
Thanks! n/t Chemisse Mar 2020 #12
It's down to 2.0% for the US Roland99 Mar 2020 #3
So far SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #6
We're far behind any industrialized country on testing. We're at 20k in 1 month, SK does 10k a day uponit7771 Mar 2020 #7
Perhaps 90% of cases haven't been identified The_jackalope Mar 2020 #11
So only a million deaths then? Goody! nt The_jackalope Mar 2020 #8
Exactly. And based on my lowball % infection rate SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #10
Assuming a 50% infection rate and an eventual 4% mortality The_jackalope Mar 2020 #17
Of course a 40% to 70% infection rate implies a lot of younger people being affected The_jackalope Mar 2020 #22
The percent of CFR is same no matter infection rate SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #24
Actually, no. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #28
I'm talking large numbers only SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #30
If these numbers hold true--only 1 million US deaths at 2% SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #9
It will rise when hospitals get over burdened Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #36
Trump is doing nothing to flatten the curve. Blue_true Mar 2020 #48
Anyone got any happy numbers ? thx in advance uponit7771 Mar 2020 #5
You can just make some up like a lot of people do. defacto7 Mar 2020 #14
dag nabbit !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #19
There are none with this Amishman Mar 2020 #16
Well, only comparatively. coti Mar 2020 #18
China seems to have had success, an extent, so has Italy Blue_true Mar 2020 #50
China dragged people from their homes and forcibly tested them while 750 million stayed home. LaurenOlimina Mar 2020 #55
It will be interesting to see what happens in China once the country opens Blue_true Mar 2020 #56
yeah, holding my breath. LaurenOlimina Mar 2020 #57
You and hundreds of millions of other people, literally holding their Blue_true Mar 2020 #59
the one potential for a good outcome el_bryanto Mar 2020 #20
+1, Fauci wouldn't happy path variables in his models hopefully he doesn't want to get hopes up uponit7771 Mar 2020 #21
Correct. Better to scare people into accepting draconian measures SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #26
That is my hope and the reason for posting SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #25
Stocks for toilet paper manufacturers are up 100% Renew Deal Mar 2020 #29
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #32
And yet I can see the main thoroughfare gldstwmn Mar 2020 #13
What country sarisataka Mar 2020 #15
Most are in growth mode still--wouldn't trust China numbers SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #23
While the numbers are still growing, sarisataka Mar 2020 #31
I wish people could understand this has only been growing in Iran/Europe since Feb SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #37
I wish people understood the difference sarisataka Mar 2020 #39
From your own linked site, look at US infection growth rate SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #41
Indeed it is right now sarisataka Mar 2020 #46
Experts predict longer term (1.5 to 2 years) to be 40-70% SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #47
I think that possibility is derived from Spanish Flu rates. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #27
I can see where sarisataka Mar 2020 #38
Frankly, it's impossible to say just yet. It's still early days, The_jackalope Mar 2020 #40
The China curve is because all other provinces went into forced lockdown SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #49
I agree. I don't really think that outcome is possible The_jackalope Mar 2020 #51
No, it'll be between 0.5 to 5 percent davekriss Mar 2020 #33
Thanks for the added info. Shows we all gotta be serious about this SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #34
Medium links TwilightZone Mar 2020 #42
This is the best article I have read on this so far SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #44
Let Bucky work it out. Turbineguy Mar 2020 #35
Corona Math Botany Mar 2020 #43
Exactly. Fortunately, we have the ability to dramatically ratchet those numbers down SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author dewsgirl Mar 2020 #52
Care to share? What was it about? SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #53
Even South Korea, which has done a masterful job of testing and limiting John Fante Mar 2020 #54
Hopefully some of those "promising" antivirals will be effective on a large scale Sapient Donkey Mar 2020 #58
My post from mid-March holds up. SiliconValley_Dem Apr 2020 #60
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