Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier are symptom-free

Re:Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier... by jonny_eh on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:12PM (#22893013)

But it would indicate the we may be closer to herd immunity than we thought, which would be great news.

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Re:Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier... by IAmEveryone on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:12PM (#22894950)

Let’s assume 100% in NY are or have been infected. 12,000 deaths / 20 million = 0.0006% fatality.

Then scale that up to US population outside N.Y.: 18,0000 deaths / 0,0006 = 3,000,000 infected out of 300,000,000 for an infection rate of... 1%.

Herd immunity takes about 66% to 70%. So: only 65% to 69% to go, or about 200,000 deaths.

Lower the assumed infection rate in NY to anything realistic and it only gets worse. For (still high) 20% you’re looking at a million deaths to achieve herd immunity.

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Re:Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier... by fjk123 on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:39PM (#22895105)

that would be 30 million, not 3 million

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