Even the flu *(annual strain) has a death rate <1% for elders, the coronavirus is much more dangerous. And @MaikuPens is right, the Spanish flu killed 1% of the world population despite being just the flu.

There will be more suicides than Corona deaths!

If the Democrats really cared about people's lives and preventing contagion, they would shut down the damn border.

Italy was also just really stupid because they had a "Hug a Chinaman" holiday right after the WHO said that we should start social distancing.

And Italy is full of retiring boomers.

The Israelis immediately shut down their borders and had scientists working on a molecular clamp for this thing. this is because they have a functioning society. We don't.

This isn't a coup, it's a natural disaster. Clearly, it's rate of spread is higher than that of the flu (measured reproductive rate of 2 vs. 1), and it's mortality rate is 10-20x higher. That prompts governments to issue lockdowns. Without a vaccine, the disease could kill hundreds of thousands.

Ello ello you should be at home being quite

We probably won't have a fully accurate measure until after the disease is either fully contained or run its course, tbh.

Herd mentality is also unavoidable, so of course people are going to panic. Even modest media coverage won't change that.

"You just want to go to a bar and drink," I hear from some people. Well, hell yeah. It's my hard earned money.

Ofc I want to go pub and drink. I'm British <:TrumpDisgust:624681485525319681>

But Boris grounded me like a kid <:nooooo:624688733211459584>

For all we know, the death rate is overinflated by number disparity. We can tell who died from the virus, but with so few testing kits, we don't know exactly how many are actually infected. So we end up with low numbers of those who are infected and relatively accurate numbers of fatalities.

So, yeah, I tend to be skeptical to any death rates above around 10%, simply because we can't tell yet.

Our testing kit capability is well off enough, so is South Korea's. Death rate is 1.2%. *for both nations

China's rate is 3%, most likely due to inadequate care, Italy's is likely inaccurate.

This is interesting. I'm reading the Dallas County injunction for shelter in place. "vii. News Media. Newspapers, television, radio, and other media services," is labeled as an essential service that is exempt from this injunction. Interesting. The parasitic media gets to harm public health by not practicing social distancing, but God forbid you want to have a funeral mass for a relative. God forbid you need to have your daughter bat mitzvahed.

1.2% seems more accurate.

Then again, it depends on the region as well. New York has a rate that's estimated to be .9%, whereas rural places are more likely to be much higher.

@Pytokonda 🐏 You need to stand in line for your daily bowl of gruel, I guess.

It’s getting bad in upstate ny atm

No one knows china numbers. They lie with everything

@ConradHensley no I stand in a queue

Well if they lied to keep the rates look lower, that would make more sense than lying to make the rates look higher.

Touche.

I'm sure their immune systems are trash in China anyway, considering their air quality.

@ConradHensley and we very good at it

That's the Christina Hendricks of queues.

Thicc.

I don't see anyone backing up to be six feet away from their neighbor.

T R I G G E R E D

The Droplets!

Viktor Orban literally passed a bill in Hungarian govt. named the "Enabling Act", aptly named after Hitler's own "Enabling Act" passed in 1933. Viktor Orban is based though, so it's cool.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-hungary-viktor-orban-emergency-powers-decree-vote-a9417816.html

It's time, authoritarian Conservatives are rising up.

Dems Are Holding up Emergency Measures over Tax Credits for Solar Panels

**GREEN FLU DEAL**

Hitler was a socialist...

Woah woah woah, we’re talking about **democratic** socialism here.

"We know you're all losing your jobs, but instead of helping you and maybe corporations at the same time, we're instead sacrificing you to hurt the economy more by punishing corporations for existing."