And folks get so mad at me when I tell them Covid is a scam...
...and speaking of percentages, about 20% of the people on this forum have guzzled the KoolAid as well.
I would give good odds that in this context 40% meant 2 of 5.
It does matter for places with good stats.
My county, population over 120k, has had one death, and would like to keep things low. We are in one of four green unites (of 37 total units) in Ontario, compromising about 3% of the province’s population. The four are all fairly rural and isolated.