WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency

Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by fctorial on Friday January 31, 2020 @09:48AM (#22202047)

There was no sarcasm here. The comment just states that the virus' 0 day fatality rate is at most 50%. Why are you offended by this fact? Obviously we might see some twists like the virus becoming more resiliant, and obviously we won't shut down all research. The actual death count of this disease will be much lower.

Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. I've played plague inc.

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by mirimir on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:11PM (#22206937)

I didn't mean that your comment is factually incorrect.

It's just that neutrally observing that 50% of a population would die is at least off-putting.

Given your explanation, maybe you were mocking the credulous. Mocking doesn't work well on HN either.

I've looked at comment histories for many shadowbanned users, and I'm just echoing commentary.

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