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Re:Coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions ... by csharptwdec19 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @08:55AM (#22616058)
I remember that the author of XKCD dug up that the EPA puts a human life around 8.4mil.
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Re:Coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions ... by aaron695 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @09:04AM (#22616148)
https://what-if.xkcd.com/96/

Sounds ok. I think it's less, but it's the same for this calculation.

Do people even get trained in napkin math anymore?

Wiki is very limited on the topic- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-of-the-envelope_calculati...

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