the numbers vs media reaction

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[–]magnora7 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah and that coronavirus number is doubling every 3 days, so we're already up to 40k deaths in the few days since that chart was made: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

And in about 8 more days it'll pass the seasonal flu in deaths, and in about 6 days after that it'll be halfway down the list and pass traffic fatalities, and 6 days after that over a million people will be dead from it.

In total it's expected about 1-2 million people will die from this based on current growth patterns.

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." - Al Bartlett

[–]yetanotherone_sigh 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it's a great idea to save this comment, then go back to OP in about a week and rub his nose in the fact that he's totally wrong and you are totally right. And then a week after that, and another week after that.

All these deniers are going to get a LOT of people killed.