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by beardedman 2301 days ago
What a pile of sensationalist rubbish.

In 2018 we had an estimated 400k people dying of Malaria [1] & around 600k (est.) people dying of cancer in the US alone. [2] Compare that to the 3110 deaths that have happened in the last 3 or so months for COVID-19. [3]

I think a little perspective would go a long way here.

[1] https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/world-m...

[2] https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics/all-...

[3] https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-...
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jokowueu 2301 days ago
Covid if not put under control will effect every one everywhere (unlike malaria) . Imagine a 1% fatality on the human population but at a repetitive rate .
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beardedman 2297 days ago
That 1% is still to be confirmed. We don't know the mortality rate yet.
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empath75 2301 days ago
> Compare that to the 3110 deaths that have happened in the last 3 or so months for COVID-19. [3]

There were 300 deaths 30 days ago. There will be 30,000 this month. And the month after that?

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beardedman 2297 days ago
There will be 30k deaths in March? So it's going to go from 1.3k to 30k in the next 20 days?
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