and yet that is 3.4%, although there is no doubt it is considerably lower than that given many people who are positive likely are asymptomatic and/or go untested. Maybe I misunderstand but it seems you are saying 3.4% mortality is not a big deal, I would tend to disagree. Had it and didn't need hospitalization but was sick and over 60 and I can tell you a 3.4% mortality rate is not very comforting when you first find out you have it LOL
Yay only 150k dead while trying to minimize the number(well some of us)! Yay, nothing to see here
I honestly don't know the numbers from a national perspective, and maybe it's much different, but in Iowa our year over year number of deaths has been virtually unchanged despite being in the middle of a pandemic. My point is, people get sick an die. It sucks, I've had family members, including my mom die too young. But unfortunately, there is always something out there that can cause people to get sick and die, particularly if they have underlying conditions in the first place.
You didn't need hospitalized. I like a 96+% of survival every day of the year, and I don't live a crazy life by any means.
My issue with self mitigation is that it relies far too much on others. We're in a unique situation that I won't get into here but it stinks not being able to take our son out very much knowing he ticks off most of the risk factor boxes and having to hope other people are also trying to prevent spreading it. Not necessarily directed at you, just a general reply.
You should find a Coronavirus party and go and celebrate your good fortune!
That is not the mortality rate. JHC do some research. Suicides now eclipse Covid deaths but please ignore that and opioid deaths. Frickin sheep
So since the government allows the streets to get filled with drugs, we should ignore covid too?
Thank you JStandefer. Ignoring the fact the fatality rate is lower than 3.4% to state at 60 years old I should be ecstatic that my chance of death every day is only 4% seems a bit crazy. I am not a statistician and i am sure my analysis is vastly over-simplified because i am not sure if my chance of death each day is an independent event or you need to use some sort of repeated measures analysis but say I have a 4% chance of death each day, I think on average I should be dead in 25 days, of course with some variation around the mean. Goodboybobby may like those odds but I don't LOL.
Daily death rates will undoubtedly go down at some point when herd immunity is achieved thru a vaccine or a large segment of the population has been infected. Unfortunately it seems unlikely they will ever go to zero, will probably become more of a flu like situation in a few years.
It's 0.014 since June - 35,000 deaths from 2.5 million new cases
By this logic, we should disband public healthcare all together, since on a long enough timeline the mortality rate ends up being 100% no matter what is done (i.e. everyone dies eventually). You sound like a sociopath.
97% of those getting this recover. Enuff said. Some people die from the flu, too.
All anyone is asking is, wash hands, social distance,wear a mask, stay out of large groups. Really, is that too much to give up....If we all do our part we will have nothing to bitch about.
I'm looking for the link from person who called it fake news.
