CES head's justification for keeping the show IRL is absolutely unhinged

Re:CES head's justification for keeping the show IRL is abso... by SoldShort22 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:04AM (#29765998)

> For those who are vaccinated and willing to take the minor risk of Omicron and a quarantine, CES may be worth it. I’m sorry, did this man just refer to COVID-19 (you know, the one that’s killed more than 2 million people) as a “minor risk”?

The vast majority of those 2 million people were unvaccinated, and they weren't infected with omicron. Not sure if going to CES would be at the top of my list right now but statistically speaking, the guy is not wrong.

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Re:CES head's justification for keeping the show IRL is abso... by Zigurd on Sunday January 02, 2022 @10:59AM (#29769762)

The numbers are worse. Even a current tally of excess deaths shows that, even in places with fairly orderly disease and deaths reporting, COVID deaths are underreported. The economist tracks excess deaths here: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...

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Re:CES head's justification for keeping the show IRL is abso... by booblik on Sunday January 02, 2022 @09:43AM (#29769055)

Yeah, like he clearly said for the vaccinated

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