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Re:Coronavirus and Credibility by imgabe on Monday April 06, 2020 @06:46AM (#22792485)
Comparing annual death totals for the flu to coronavirus deaths over a couple of months is mistake number 1.

Comparing a number that is static from year to year to one that is growing exponentially is mistake number 2.

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Re:Coronavirus and Credibility by alacombe on Monday April 06, 2020 @05:01PM (#22797830)
and comparing "estimated contamination cases vs associated death" to "a known-positive cases vs. associated death" is mistake number 3.

CDC data shows 220k known-tested-positive case and 22k associated death. The 36 millions case is pulled out of a hat. As per these number, seasonal flu kills 10% of the known-positive cases.

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Re:Coronavirus and Credibility by luis12 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:24PM (#22882600)
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