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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

“If 60% of people 70-79 become infected and 5.4% die, that’s 3.24% of that group”

If 10% of people 70-79 become infected and 5.4% die, that’s 0.54% of that group


124 posted on 09/24/2020 7:30:05 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

60% is based on the Herd Immunity Threshold for a disease with an R0 of 2.5. Which is what SARS-CoV-2 is.

Your 10% number is based on what, exactly?


126 posted on 09/24/2020 7:40:36 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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