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by immibis 1613 days ago
And in the next decade, based on current death rates, 4,000,000 Americans will die of COVID-19. Are you saying there's no difference between 3x10^5 and 4x10^6? Well, the difference is not that large, but apparently it does cross our arbitrary threshold for "this is actually quite bad and we should probably stop it from happening"
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Huh? You’re extrapolating two year of a pandemic, most before a vaccine out 10 years?

That’s ridiculous right?