Do countries not share our look at each others data or something? The US has just ok'ed convalescent plasma as a treatment. I think it's almost 2 months ago (edit: July 6) that this has proved to be so-so in the Netherlands because sick people make the antibodies anyway so injecting more of them via plasma doesn't improve recovery. — Benkei
Now there's only the Spanish Flu to compete with. That's 500 000 to 850 000 dead, so I assume this pandemic won't break the record. — ssu
With similar thinking, I assume you get very low deaths to the AIDS pandemic too. — ssu
It is correct.
HIV doesn't kill, it's the other diseases. — ssu
COVID is the worst thing since WWII. Right? — Michael
For whom?COVID is the worst thing since WWII. Right? — Michael
Corona has killed about 9000 people in the US, a practically irrelevant figure.
(Yes, the figure always quoted in the media is 150,000, but those are with co-morbidities. Corona alone only 6% of that, aka about 9000 people). — Derukugi
This doesn't change the fact that 150K people with pre-existing conditions are dead. — darthbarracuda
Yes, but WITH Corona, not FROM Corona. It is a different statement.
And it more reflects the general health of a population than anything about the virus. (Which I suspect will be the general global outcome anyway, once this thing has run its course.) — Derukugi
How many people without co-morbidities likely died from the Spanish flu, or die each year from the seasonal flu? — Janus
Yes, but WITH Corona, not FROM Corona. It is a different statement. — Derukugi
And it more reflects the general health of a population than anything about the virus. (Which I suspect will be the general global outcome anyway, once this thing has run its course.) — Derukugi
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