Intuitively, 200,000 sounds about right to me. Last year 68,000 people died in the USA from influenza strains for which vaccines were available and about 50% of the population gets vaccinated. For COVID19, it is a more severe strain and more contagious so 200,000 VS 68,000 does not seem out of line. Still there are unconfirmed reports of inflating covid death counts for hospital greater financial reimbursements and a confirmed report of the US CDC admitting that only 6% of the toll are by covid alone, meaning that some fraction of the death toll may be primarily caused by a comorbidity but I think 200k is a good figure.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

Nope, not falling for this. Just google or duckduckgo, and you and find them. BTW, any story can say the death toll may be higher depending on the wording. Of course, it would be higher once more are tested and time rolls on. So?

 

We wish! Unfortunately of the 200+ strains of virus causing the 'common cold' most are rhinoviruses.

 

This is an interesting tactic. Blurt out unsubstantiated conclusions from unreferenced "liberal and conservative sources" then avoid accountability by ->

What a great way to avoid accountability for ones thinking.

 

Problem is that by years end it could be as high 350,000 400,000. We shall see what we see. Watch this space.

 

Correct. The models are predicting a big spike in infections because of winter and many peoples unwillingness to act in a way that resists infecting others. Some countries already have a high infection rate and when doubled will become a problem

This is why it is important to keep the infection rate low or zero. Doubling zero is still zero.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/n...to-come-model-predicts/ar-BB18Vrcz?li=BBnb7Kz

 

Well here's the latest news UK....

 

Covid-19 news: England's R number could be as high as 1.7 ...