“ What will be the result of letting the virus just run its course, like a seasonal flu ?”
4,000,000 US deaths. Look it up on your phone.
At the death rate of .014?
285,714,285 would have to get the wu flu.
The current population of the United States of America is 330,451,770 as of Thursday, March 19, 2020, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/
The story of the Diamond Princess cruise ship indicates that only about 20% will get infected, so five times the infected would mean a population of one billion?
“ At the death rate of .014?”
Outstanding! You do your own epidemiological modeling.
I don’t. I was referencing this study that everyone is now using.
The story of the Diamond Princess cruise ship indicates that only about 20% will get infected, so five times the infected would mean a population of one billion?
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And that assumes all the nation’s residences somehow become connected by ductwork used to share unfiltered air between them all...like the cabins on a cruise ship.
The insanity is becoming widespread, both on these boards and across our nation.