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1. If all 327.2 million people are infected

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Wed Feb 26, 2020, 01:07 PM

Feb 2020

Not everyone gets infected.

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The mortality rate of 2% for 327.2 million people is over 6.5 million. [View all] skip fox Feb 2020 OP

If all 327.2 million people are infected Aviation Pro Feb 2020 #1

The numbers are valid just for the perspective lunatica Feb 2020 #4

No, they really aren't. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #8

Correct! This situation calls for realistic data and not dramatic fear Under The Radar Feb 2020 #15

Four days ago you wrote: skip fox Feb 2020 #16

I did which is in the same vein that it's not being over dramatic Under The Radar Feb 2020 #18

Of course. skip fox Feb 2020 #22

I agree on caution Under The Radar Feb 2020 #24

At no time has a disease ever infected the entire population. LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #35

That assumes that medical care is the same everywhere and that everyone gets infected. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #2

An official of the CDC was on CNN yesterday and said skip fox Feb 2020 #10

Well, they probably make them MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #45

PANIC NOW. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #3

I'm not laughing. lunatica Feb 2020 #5

As long as the trump aparatchiks are not fully in charge... Turbineguy Feb 2020 #6

If every person in the US contracted the virus... Zeus69 Feb 2020 #7

Those numbers are not valid by themselves. defacto7 Feb 2020 #25

But it is worth while to consider the worse case, right? skip fox Feb 2020 #30

I think speculation based on real statistics is fine defacto7 Feb 2020 #32

Yesterday someone from Harvard said 40-70% would contract Covid csziggy Feb 2020 #33

3700 people were confined in close quarters for an extended period on the Diamond Princess onenote Feb 2020 #50

45 million dead?! No. PTWB Feb 2020 #55

It's an extrapolation from the projections given by experts this week csziggy Feb 2020 #56

You must have meant four point five and not 45. PTWB Feb 2020 #61

Yes, I could be off csziggy Feb 2020 #62

What was the infection percentage for the 1918 flu? Wednesdays Feb 2020 #42

Worse, the number is actually 3.4% Miguelito Loveless Feb 2020 #9

Bingo. We're being flim-flammed with the 2% number. The_jackalope Feb 2020 #49

Indeed we are, I didn't want to say that here, I don't have dewsgirl Feb 2020 #53

It depends greatly on age. lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #11

Hell, I'm 73 and have had 2 heart attacks, lung operation, etc. skip fox Feb 2020 #14

IKR? I keep seeing on DU that this doesn't matter because only the elderly or those with Coventina Feb 2020 #19

Oh, it's only 3-15% of us csziggy Feb 2020 #34

I hear ya... lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #46

I hear we have trouble measuring the mortality rate because of un-reported cases: skip fox Feb 2020 #12

Indeed it is, all these people quoting flu statistics continually dewsgirl Feb 2020 #13

Example of how this measurment is out of skew... defacto7 Feb 2020 #17

Points taken. skip fox Feb 2020 #23

Bring out your dead! gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #20

This infodemic won't get me! I am protected MyNameGoesHere Feb 2020 #21

Since we have a criminal and traitor in the WH, what are underthematrix Feb 2020 #26

Wow. Under the Matrix sounds Beyond the Matrix! skip fox Feb 2020 #27

Hey, I'm realistic and practical. And I still have the power to underthematrix Feb 2020 #31

I spent the night in ICU because my brother.had3 heart attacks yesterday Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2020 #54

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Feb 2020 #43

We just started stocking up food today. Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #40

Kudos. we have to take the initiative because our government is gone. underthematrix Feb 2020 #44

For pity's sake. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #28

The other posts spell these things out in some detail. skip fox Feb 2020 #29

DU doesn't have a great track record when it comes to these things. bearsfootball516 Feb 2020 #36

There were thousands of years of "The earth is ending" movements, skip fox Feb 2020 #38

2% is an approximation of the reported case mortality rate... tandem5 Feb 2020 #37

Good point. The best is that skip fox Feb 2020 #39

Cool story. How many die if we all get Ebola? Takket Feb 2020 #41

A lot more than that. Renew Deal Feb 2020 #48

Does everyone catch it? Renew Deal Feb 2020 #47

Of the 3700 people aboard the Diamond Princess, only 19 percent tested positive onenote Feb 2020 #63

If a meteor the size of Texas hits the earth we are all doomed. former9thward Feb 2020 #51

I was proposing nothing . . . Just runnign the numbers skip fox Feb 2020 #57

Do you do that for every other disease that is out there? former9thward Feb 2020 #58

I don't understand the implicit accusation skip fox Feb 2020 #60

Kinda like "if you value your puppy, you won't get them vaccinated", eh? LanternWaste Feb 2020 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Feb 2020 #52

It would mean 140 million people worldwide. AGeddy Feb 2020 #59