Trying to wrap my head around our death toll

[BittyJenkins]

If you divide the number of deaths today by a large aircraft going down...I used 175 souls...
it means that we have had 197 plane crashes since early March. It is numbing.

[qwlauren35]

1. Thirty-thousand people dead.

In less than one month. Starting March 24th. Three+ weeks.

Whoever said this is like the flu.... was wrong. This isn't like the flu.




My therapist was one of those "it's like the flu" people. I bought into in for a few days. But then the numbers were creeping up. I estimated 2000 in two weeks. It was 2000 in three days.

I keep waiting to know someone. And whoever it is, it will be someone I care about. This is very random. Six degrees of separation. Someone you don't know, standing next to you. And all of a sudden you're dying.


Stay home, people. Stay safe, stay well, stay home.

[jimfields33]

2. New York, Michigan and New Jersey has 50 percent of the deaths

That’s tough to wrap my mind around. I feel horrible for those states and of course the other 47 states too.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Numerical Perspective

Bennett yesterday used the 61,000 deaths from the flu.
Actually the CDC guess(!) is 12,000-61,000 so, of course he picked the high number.
Anyway, even with that fool's number, that was 61,000 in ONE YEAR. About 168 a day.
This one has killed 31,600 in 27 days! That's 1,171 per day!
It's not just the flu, Billy. You dolt!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. 520 Benghazis so far today & of course mcCONnell wants to investigate China, only as distraction. nt