Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[numberwang]

curl-6 said:

numberwang said:

I have never anybody irl who cared about this virus and that includes old people. I don't know anybody who knowingly had it or knows someone who had it. It seems the online crowd who supported the shutdowns switched effortlessly to "it's just the flu bro" with these protest and riots.

Consider yourself lucky. More so than the over 3 million people currently suffering through it, or the more than 400,000 and counting who've died. Or the families of those 400,000.

Doubtful number considering that anyone who dies with the coronavirus (regardless of symptoms) is counted as having died from it. I will take more time to analyze total death numbers (many of them caused by the lockdowns) compared to previous years to get a better estimation of "surplus death".