Covid-19

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Originally Posted by Xville

Because I absolutely do not believe 10 million people are going to be infected with this in the us. That surpasses every country's percentage by an astronomical amount that have had it in their country for far longer. Now I understand not everyone has been tested and it hasnt played out completely etc but let's take italy for example...60 million people, about 100k confirmed...let's just say it's really like 600k infected....correspondingly given same percentages that would be 3 million affected in the us. Even at 2 percent which I think is high that's 60,000 deaths.

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As far as I know, no country has yet to see a decrease in number of cars per day. No one has peaked yet. There's no way to tell how many will be infected. We'll need a 70% infection rate to get herd immunity.

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Originally Posted by smileyy

As far as I know, no country has yet to see a decrease in number of cars per day. No one has peaked yet. There's no way to tell how many will be infected. We'll need a 70% infection rate to get herd immunity.

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I heard one Dr on TV say it was more like 85-90%.

A positive piece of news is that there are some indications that this is asymptomatic in 50% of people? And we haven't discovered that due to limited testing?

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Originally Posted by smileyy

A positive piece of news is that there are some indications that this is asymptomatic in 50% of people? And we haven't discovered that due to limited testing?

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Crazy, and a huge part of what makes it so dangerous! I took groceries to my 92 year old mom today. I kept my distance, but told her to wipe everything with the disinfectant wipes, toss the trash and WASH HER HANDS. I feel fine, but how do I know? Who knows when that stuff was put on the shelves, and by whom? It’s those sneaky carriers!



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Yeah I guess that's a double-edged sword. Good for herd immunity, bad for preventing spread.

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Originally Posted by smileyy

A positive piece of news is that there are some indications that this is asymptomatic in 50% of people? And we haven't discovered that due to limited testing?

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Figuring out why they are asymptomatic would be a nice piece of knowledge.

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Originally Posted by Lloyd Braun

I would be SHOCKED (get it?) if it were the same.

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Public reps. The 'rona is holding me down.

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Originally Posted by Lloyd Braun

I would be SHOCKED (get it?) if it were the same.

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Lol. Fat fingers and stupid auto correct on my phone.

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Originally Posted by smileyy

As far as I know, no country has yet to see a decrease in number of cars per day. No one has peaked yet. There's no way to tell how many will be infected. We'll need a 70% infection rate to get herd immunity.

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Italy appears to be dropping in new cases per day.
https://www.worldometers.info/corona...country/italy/
South Korea for sure is, as that site shows.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/02/corona...-to-hospitals/