True COVID-19 Rates

[juskom95]

I've been following this for a while (even before the craziness) and some of the newer studies are enlightening. Two numbers I've seen from recent studies is that approximately 3% of the total US population has been infected (and recovered) and that only 6% of worldwide COVID-19 cases are being diagnosed. Looking at this, for the US only, puts numbers in perspective.


Assuming 3% of the US Population has been infected:

9,900,000 infected with 43,000 deaths; that's a death rate of 0.43%.


Assuming only 6% of cases have been diagnosed:

13,000,000 infected, with 43,000 deaths; that's a death rate of 0.33%.


Figure that the death rate for the Flu in the US typically floats around 0.1%, to give some perspective.

[juskom95]

If you don't watch his channel, you should . . . guy is hilarious!

[BucketBack]

Math is your friend.

Did AOC ever pass Math?

[juskom95]

Math is your friend.

Did AOC ever pass Math?

I'm pretty confident she was only good at one thing in school . . . .

[Sarge7402]

Fox just published an article about a VA study. Scanned the actual study report. No mention of the actual cause of death (heart failure, cancer, agent orange etc) and they only worked with a group of patients (men) over 65 years of age.

[juskom95]

Fox just published an article about a VA study.

Listening to fox the past two weeks . . . I'm done with them, half the time I thought CNN was on behind me.

Scanned the actual study report. No mention of the actual cause of death (heart failure, cancer, agent orange etc) and they only worked with a group of patients (men) over 65 years of age.

All these "presumed," numbers, to make things seem more dire with more deaths/infections.

[StratBastard]

[StratBastard]

[Sarge7402]

not disagreeing with you on the inflated numbers. I just thought it cute of the VA study to not even mention the underlying medical condition.

Also it seems that info coming out of New York is that if you go on a ventilator you stand and 80% chance of croaking

[StratBastard]

not disagreeing with you on the inflated numbers. I just thought it cute of the VA study to not even mention the underlying medical condition.

Also it seems that info coming out of New York is that if you go on a ventilator you stand and 80% chance of croaking

From what I've been reading from respiratory therapists posting: YES, if you need the ventilator to breathe, you're in trouble. The virus really tears up the lungs, so the tissue is already compromised. Ventilators utilize pressure, which some traumatized lung tissues cannot withstand. Helps some, hurts others.