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You can do the math | 1 IN 500 AMERICANS HAS DIED OF COVID... ... IS A SCARY NUMBER UNTIL YOU REALIZE THAT IF LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 73 YEARS THEN EVERY YEAR 1 IN 73 AMERICANS DIE | image tagged in death | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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2 ups, 3y
It means covis is leading cause of death. It's understandable that any rational human would find that disturbing. However imagine that to prevent heart disease we put shock collars IN THE PACE MAKERS OF INDIVIDUALS who might have a fatal reaction to overexertion.
1 up, 3y
Omg, that is the biggest math f**k up I have ever seen! Wow, just wow. Homeschooled?
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Your mistake - AND YOU HAVE MADE IT BEFORE, MANY TIMES - is that you're using the deaths per capita.

If everyone in America actually had covid, it would smash your 1 in 73 benchmark easily. COVID kills as high as 1 in 6 when the capacity of the medical system collapses - you can't get respirators to the sick, doctors and nurses are sick too, and so on.

At the best case scenario, when we have plenty of healthy doctors and hospital beds ready, it goes as low as 1 in 50 - AND THAT'S THE BEST IT GETS.

And your benchmark is 1 in 73.

I.e. we'd consider ourselves to be doing well when COVID is almost as mild a killer as old age itself.

Again, WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION SEVERAL TIMES: STOP USING THE PER CAPITA TO TALK ABOUT FATALITY.
2 ups, 3y
"antithesis

COVID kills as high as 1 in 6 when the capacity of the medical system collapses"

Where did you get that figure?
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0 ups, 3y,
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Your math is off by about 10X
And that is people who died WITH covid. Motorcycle accidents and suicides included.
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2 ups, 3y,
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680000/42500000 = 1.6% which is 1 in 62.5 which isn't at all 10x AND BY THE WAY STILL BEATS YOUR 1 IN 73.

And have a think as to why someone's suicide might in some way be related to them contracting COVID!!!!!!!!@@@@
1 up, 3y
Math hard
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