Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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JRPGfan said:

Torillian said:

Car crashes kill about a 5th of the people per day as the "pooh virus". Also car crashes aren't contagious. Just like the pool drowning comparison there just isn't a good comparison to be made between accidental deaths and a contagious disease.  

Torillian just say it like this : 

Car's kill about 30,000-35,000 every year in the US.

Corona Virus HAS killed 134,000+ in about 4 months.

thats like 4-5 times as many deaths, by corona virus, in about 1/3th the time.
OR potentially ~15 times as much, as Cars do pr year, so far, in the USA.

Difference with Cars is that we do everything in our absolute power to prevent the deaths, billions of dollars into research and infrastructure, people even get "trained" to handle them appropriately.