Coronavirus is going to kill AT LEAST 3% of all of us.

Run007xx wrote:

Think about it... there are about 3000 cases worldwide. And already about 2.7% are dead ALREADY. Even if there were no further people getting sick the death toll just for those 3000 people can still rise.

In addition, it can spread before one even has symptoms. That is unlike most other outbreaks where authorities have good cause to quarantine people. There are already probably way more cases than the authorities even can keep track of.

Get ready: But surgical masks. Lots of hand sanitiser. Cancel travel plans. Buy lots of can ex food. And get ready for a massive stock market crash. This is one of those situations where it is okay to panic. This is the real deal.

And here I thought it would be death that kills us...

oh so much wrote:

36000? Interesting statistic. I have know 1000s of people and know many who have died from cancer, heart attack, or some that have died in car accidents, overdoses, or suicides...even lightning strikes. Have never known anyone who died from the common flu. Does anyone here know of anyone that's died from it? Is there an area of the country that's more prone to it?

Pffft. Flagpole logic. Your personal experience and anecdotes don’t mean that is reality.

at its current trajectory, the virus will have killed over 1 million people before the 22nd of February... this is not another flu, this is not media hype...

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people dont get it wrote:

at its current trajectory, the virus will have killed over 1 million people before the 22nd of February... this is not another flu, this is not media hype...

Analyze your own source moran. The actual rate of increase in # of deaths so far is much lower than predicted.

This may be the plague that saves the planet. Slows economic growth, saves pensions, social security and Medicare. Modern medicine keeps people alive too long.

rojo wrote:

The question I have is if this was in the US could the US shut off cities like they are doing in China? Does the govt have that power? Do you actually set up baricades on the highway, not let planes or trains come in, etc?

Imagine the outrage when people in one city were cutoff from their amazon prime shipments.

Of course they can. I saw Dustin Hoffman and Renee Russo do this once. The town almost got blown up by the military.

I'm just dumbfounded by the Chinese building 2 hospitals in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure if it's amazing or scary.

Texas38 wrote:

I'm just dumbfounded by the Chinese building 2 hospitals in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure if it's amazing or scary.

It's less of a hospital and more of a quarantine building:

The CCP is grossly under-reporting the numbers. Expect the real figures to be 100x what they claim. Bodies literally being BUSSED to crematoriums which can't eliminate them fast enough...

Fortunately, it appears at this time (provided no significant mutations) the coronavirus is only really fatal to Asians due to ACE2 cell expression. Non-asians will likely experience rough flu symptoms, with immune-compromised and elderly of course at worst risk.

joedirt wrote:

This may be the plague that saves the planet. Slows economic growth, saves pensions, social security and Medicare. Modern medicine keeps people alive too long.

Please play your part and go kill yourself now.

Man... I was way ahead of everyone else with this thread. When I started this thread 3 weeks ago, everyone was like ‘it’s overblown’ and ‘you’re fear mongering’ blah blah. What do you think now? This thing’s now going global.

And unlike China - Europe and the US are not going to shut down entire cities with millions of people.

And do you find it odd that there are next to ZERO cases in the entire continent of Africa, the entire continent of South America, and in the entire country of India??

Do you think that’s because those countries really don’t have any infected people??

NO.

They’re not testing. They have probably thousands - or tens of thousands of people walking around with it, spreading it around.

Basically 100% of the world’s population is going to be exposed, 60% is going to get it and 2% are going to die from it. Do the math and that’s 140 million people dead. Ok fine, so if the health authorities are on top of it maybe they prevent like 75% of those deaths, and we still have 36 million people dead.

Good luck everybody!

Texas38 wrote:

I'm just dumbfounded by the Chinese building 2 hospitals in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure if it's amazing or scary.

It's amazing how efficient the Chinese are at making stuff. And scary how bad we are.

The Chinese are efficient at making crap and pollution. And viruses.

I'm just glad we live in a society that has consistently valued workers' rights, affordable healthcare and the maintenance of an expert pandemic response team. I could never support the authoritarian approach of somewhere like China but it gives me a lot of comfort to know that everyone who needs to be will be tested quickly and cheaply and those that need to will be able to self-quarantine safe in the knowledge that their jobs and income are secure.

Kidding. We're all going to die.

Run007 wins liberal idiot of the day.

WhateverandAmen wrote:

Run007xx wrote:

Think about it... there are about 3000 cases worldwide. And already about 2.7% are dead ALREADY. Even if there were no further people getting sick the death toll just for those 3000 people can still rise.

In addition, it can spread before one even has symptoms. That is unlike most other outbreaks where authorities have good cause to quarantine people. There are already probably way more cases than the authorities even can keep track of.

Get ready: But surgical masks. Lots of hand sanitiser. Cancel travel plans. Buy lots of can ex food. And get ready for a massive stock market crash. This is one of those situations where it is okay to panic. This is the real deal.

And here I thought it would be death that kills us...

Man - was I fvcking right or was I fvcking right?? Way ahead of the curve...

Come back when your prediction comes true, idiot. So far it has killed 100 x 30/330,000,000 = 0.000009% of Americans, and 100 x 4500/7,700,000,000 = 0.000058% of the world's population.

Run007xx wrote:

Think about it... there are about 3000 cases worldwide. And already about 2.7% are dead ALREADY. Even if there were no further people getting sick the death toll just for those 3000 people can still rise.

In addition, it can spread before one even has symptoms. That is unlike most other outbreaks where authorities have good cause to quarantine people. There are already probably way more cases than the authorities even can keep track of.

Get ready: But surgical masks. Lots of hand sanitiser. Cancel travel plans. Buy lots of canned food. And get ready for a massive stock market crash. This is one of those situations where it is okay to panic. This is the real deal.

Man... would you look at the date on this post. Jan 27th. My 3% was based on no mitigation... obviously mitigation is now happening so the death rate won't be that bad. But for everything else, all I can say is I TOLD YOU SO.

Man, you were spot on! I would have been so much wealthier if I would’ve read your post.

Hey, look, it's another thread where Bad Wiggins proves to be wrong.