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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by badfrog on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:40PM (#22930604)
What exactly do you mean by worst-case here? The actual worst case would be if nobody took any precautions, which almost certainly would result in more than 0.18% of the total US population dying.
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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by smsm42 on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:34PM (#22931593)
New York seems to be affected by COVID pandemics way worse than any other place in the US. That's what I mean by "worst case".
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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by dboreham on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:26AM (#22931861)
Way worse, today.
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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by smsm42 on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:46AM (#22931994)
Let's see. NY has 965 death per million. Next state is New Jersey (which is basically "New York by another name" in this situation) with 493. Next is Connecticut (see above) with 372. Next is Louisiana - which had a grand idea of proceeding with Mardi Gras - with 285. Do you think things will get three times as bad in Louisiana than they are now, while not getting any worse in New York? Or which state would you say would be the next worst case, not today but in the future? I'd certainly bet NY (with adjacent NJ and CT) will keep this sad championship.
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Re:Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infected with... by badfrog on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:28AM (#22934310)
> Do you think things will get three times as bad in Louisiana than they are now

If people there stopped all preventative measures, yes it would get much worse than 3x.

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