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LeftInTX

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1. The death rate from Covid 19 is 5.86%

Reply to Pacifist Patriot (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 12:59 PM

May 2020

This does not include people who survived and did not have fun trying to survive it.

Sure some people are asymptomatic, but look at Boris Johnson etc. I wouldn't want that.

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The way you present numbers can get through to some people. [View all] Pacifist Patriot May 2020 OP

The death rate from Covid 19 is 5.86% LeftInTX May 2020 #1

I'm terrified of me or anyone in my family getting it. Pacifist Patriot May 2020 #4

How many people would go to a baseball game.... jberryhill May 2020 #2

That's a great way to illustrate it. Pacifist Patriot May 2020 #3

Another proposition - you have a WAY stronger chance of dying from it than you do winning bullwinkle428 May 2020 #5

Yep, my sister's office pool for weekly lottery tickets found a remote way to continue. Pacifist Patriot May 2020 #6