New estimates from UW School of Medicine project 80,000 coronavirus deaths in the USA by July… even with the lockdowns in place

[worldlymrb]

Let's see... divide 80,000 coronavirus deaths by 330 million equals a death rate of 0.000242424. Remember that this 4th of July when you're standing in a breadline and still on lockdown.

REF: Yahoo News
New estimates from UW School of Medicine project 80,000 coronavirus deaths in the USA by July… even with the lockdowns in place

Forecasters at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine analysed the latest COVID-19 data at a local, national and international level. The analysis estimated that Forecasters at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington's School of Medicine analysed the latest COVID-19 data at a local, national and international level.

US virus deaths may top 80,000 despite confinement: study

COVID-19 could lead to more than 80,000 deaths in the US and overwhelm hospital capacity nationally as soon as early April even if social distancing measures are respected, new research showed Thursday. The US death toll for the pandemic has already soared past 1,000, with 68,000 confirmed...

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[EatTheRich]

But but but 12,000 died of swine flu. The high-end estimate for deaths without the lockdowns is 2.1 million.

Check your math, 80000/330000000=0.02424%
And 2100000/330000000=0.63636%

The first is also the equivalent of nearly a month of daily 9/11 attack deaths in a row ... that’s if we keep the restrictions in place.
The second, what we might see if they are lifted, is the equivalent of nearly two years of daily 9/11 attacks in a row.