Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[SvennoJ]

palou said:

SvennoJ said:

Driving is still more lethal, on average 3287 traffic deaths per day. Corona is now up to 1600 deaths a day.
In the USA it's about 100 per day, today 112 died in the USA.

However the daily death toll can still keep climbing for 3 weeks after getting the growth factor below 1. But we could also find a successful treatment. If things keep going as they were the last week, we'll be past the daily traffic death rate before the end of next week.

Driving is more lethal than corona because more people are driving than have Corona. As a potential threat, Corona can be much more dangerous (henc the efforts to prevent its spread). In Lombardy, more people died from Corona yesterday than they have traffic fatalities in a year. 

I know, the chance of getting covid19 is about certain if left unchecked. The chance of getting in a car accident is about once every 18 years (According to insurance statistics) 6 million car accidents a year, with a fatality rate of about 0.6% (when getting in a car accident)

So yep, in every aspect, Corona is worse and will take over world wide daily car fatalities in a week. 36K people die in car accidents in the US each year, Covid19 can potentially kill millions in the US alone.

It's also the time frame. If all car accidents for the year happen on the same day, many more would die.