Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by rixrax on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:33AM (#22421108)

Yes it does. After we have vaccinated vast amounts of global population with flu vaccines that mostly work. Try flu without vaccination and potentially 10x mortality rate: CoVid-19.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by lisper on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:23AM (#22424386)

Maybe. We don't actually know how many mild or asymptomatic cases of covid are out there, and so we don't know what the mortality rate is. 2% is an upper bound, but almost certainly not the true mortality rate.

I'm not saying that we should not take covid very seriously. I'm just saying that before we allow it to shut down the global economy we ought to maintain some perspective on the magnitude of the risks society already faces year-in and year-out.

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