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To: BusterDog
40-70% of us will get it. On the low end, 1% of those will die. So maybe more like 200:1? 100:1?

10% would be a disaster. 40%-70% would only be possible with a complete failure of our healthcare and public health infrastructure and a lack of any response to contain outbreaks. It would also require an immensely uninformed and ignorant public that refused to take personal precautions. Even if the government fails COMPLETELY, no one wants to be infected with a virus that is life threatening, and INDIVIDUALS will take precautions themselves once if they see a major breakout that overwhelms the system.

The only places where such failures might happen are backward countries like Iran and North Korea, and 3rd world sh**holes.

409 posted on 03/01/2020 5:55:22 PM PST by ETCM
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To: ETCM

Yet, the US government took it’s sweet time stopping flights. We still haven’t stopped enough. It’s taking individual companies to decide on their own. American Airlines had to have basically a walk out over Italy flights before they stopped.


668 posted on 03/02/2020 2:15:02 AM PST by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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