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Re:Zoom and Gloom by staplers on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:37PM (#24760263)
> extremely high survival rate

COVID-19 is (so far) about 10x-20x deadlier than the common flu which we have vaccines for and approaching about half of the total death toll of the 1918 flu which is considered the deadliest in modern history.

What is your basis for "extremely high survival rate"?

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Re:Zoom and Gloom by floren on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:49PM (#24760392)
> approaching about half of the total death toll of the 1918 flu

Approaching half of 17-50 million dead?

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Re:Zoom and Gloom by Dylan16807 on Monday October 12, 2020 @09:05PM (#24761281)
"We" is the United States here, right?

> In the U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 850,000 died (0.48 to 0.81 percent of the population).[129][130][131]

We're pretty close to half of 500k.

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Re:Zoom and Gloom by beckingz on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:17PM (#24761916)
Growth mindset.
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Re:Zoom and Gloom by Spivak on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:44PM (#24760338)
I guess people see ~2% death rate and assume that's low?
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Re:Zoom and Gloom by grillvogel on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:01PM (#24760505)
covid has killed 25 million people?
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