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You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
The Atlantic ^ | Feb 24, 2020 | James Hamblin

Posted on 02/24/2020 1:10:49 PM PST by 11th_VA

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OK - Lets do a little math … 7.7 BILLION people in the world

If:

40%-60% get the virus, that's, 3.08 - 4.62 Billion people infected.

at 1% death rate: 30.8 - 46.2 million deaths

at 2% death rate: 61.6 - 92.4 million deaths

at 10% death rate; 308 - 462 million deaths …

Likely to become the defining event of this generation ...

1 posted on 02/24/2020 1:10:49 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Oh noes... WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!


2 posted on 02/24/2020 1:12:32 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: 11th_VA

Yeah and this too shall pass and the vast majority of us won’t be the 2 percent.

And it will slash SS and medicare costs in the long run :)


3 posted on 02/24/2020 1:13:23 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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The Chinese contribution to human welfare. Excuse the sarcasm.


4 posted on 02/24/2020 1:14:11 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: 11th_VA

Well, that which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger!


5 posted on 02/24/2020 1:14:37 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: dp0622

Pinging Captain Trips...


6 posted on 02/24/2020 1:14:57 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: dp0622
And it will slash SS and medicare costs in the long run :)

Came to my mind, but I didn't want to say it ...

7 posted on 02/24/2020 1:15:06 PM PST by 11th_VA
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In Italy, several of the six deaths were over 80 yrs old.


8 posted on 02/24/2020 1:15:35 PM PST by txrefugee
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COVID-19 Spreadsheet using JHU data

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9 posted on 02/24/2020 1:16:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The DNC has a taxidermist on speed dial for Nancy, Hillary, and Ruth.)
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To: goldstategop

lol

This is one of their less harmful contributions.

We’ll have to see if this kills more Chinese than communism has.

Although communism is playing a part in this mess


10 posted on 02/24/2020 1:16:24 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: 11th_VA

Heck, Barry Obummer’s buddy, Billy Bob Ayers, only wants to kill 25,000,000 Americans.

https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2455-obamas-friend-ayers-kill-25-million-americans


11 posted on 02/24/2020 1:16:59 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: dp0622

It will cause insurance companies to ‘force majeur’ and we’ll end up with single payer.

HTH.


12 posted on 02/24/2020 1:17:24 PM PST by Black Agnes
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It’s been a long time since I had the flu, but I remember it vividly. I’m going to go, sooner rather than later, but going via the flu is not high on my list of options.


13 posted on 02/24/2020 1:17:44 PM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: txrefugee

The old people just die faster.

Some of the recent deaths in China have been 20 and 30 something medical people who were in the ICU for a month before they died.


14 posted on 02/24/2020 1:18:05 PM PST by Black Agnes
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lol

I was half joking. I think.

I don’t want to see FReeers, including myself, suffer the pain of losing loved ones.

Mom and aunt Fran wouldn’t last a week with this virus.

And neither has any money to leave behind.

It’s a lose/lose for me :)


15 posted on 02/24/2020 1:18:55 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: txrefugee
In Italy, several of the six deaths were over 80 yrs old.

Understood - a taxi driver in Asia that had a severe case, did not know he had severe Type 2 diabetes. Lot's of people with underlying diseases, that don't know about it, are likely to die.

16 posted on 02/24/2020 1:18:59 PM PST by 11th_VA
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Even if you don’t die, if you get it there is a 20% chance you are going to be extremely sick and in the hospital for 2 to 3 weeks, likely on oxygen or a ventilator, and may very well have permanent damage to your lungs and other organs. Plus there is the risk of relapse later, which medical authorities don’t understand yet.

I hope this puts this in perspective, everyone is whistling past the graveyard on this.


17 posted on 02/24/2020 1:19:03 PM PST by kaehurowing
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For Pennsylvania..........

So far, no cases have been confirmed in Pennsylvania. A foreign exchange student in Philadelphia was tested earlier for the virus but ‘was cleared’......”At this time, there have not been any cases confirmed in the state. .. said Brittany Lauffer, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Health.


18 posted on 02/24/2020 1:19:47 PM PST by caww
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Remember the Bird Flu (H5N1)? Swine Flu (H1N1)? SARS?

Maybe this time we'll have a proper pandemic, instead of just another scare.

19 posted on 02/24/2020 1:20:54 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Naw. Just a lot of people around the world.
If you are an older male, might very well be you.


20 posted on 02/24/2020 1:21:03 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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