Re:The leading cause of death in the US on Apr 6 was Covid-19
by 2008guy on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @08:13AM
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That final tally of bodies is a drop in the bucket of 7 billion, as I have already pointed out.
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Re:The leading cause of death in the US on Apr 6 was Covid-19
by stingraycharles on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @08:17AM
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You're comparing millions of death in the US to the world population. It would be more fair to either use the expected number of deaths worldwide if we just continued our business, or compare it to the total population of the US.
Re:The leading cause of death in the US on Apr 6 was Covid-19
by 2008guy on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @08:27AM
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My friend, take the number of people who end up dying after herd immunity and compare it to the population that it infected. If it’s more than a drop in the proverbial bucket, then please excuse me.
Re:The leading cause of death in the US on Apr 6 was Covid-19
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @08:33AM
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I see there's no use in arguing, as the same pointless statement gets parroted back each time.
This disease is now the #1 cause of death in America. Nothing like a trifling total; nothing like a drop; nothing like an ignorable fraction. Very, very significant.
Re:The leading cause of death in the US on Apr 6 was Covid-19
by verytrivial on Thursday April 09, 2020 @07:26AM
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Unless and until 2008guy offers up his extended network of friends and family to be consumed by the disease, I think it's safe to assume moral reasoning isn't his/her forte.
Re:The leading cause of death in the US on Apr 6 was Covid-19
by arel on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @08:27AM
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Big numerator / bigger denominator doesn't make the numerator go away.
Are you going to atoms in the universe next?
So following this logic lets shut down all hospitals and stop treating all illnesses?