coronavirus...put it into perspective
Not to make light of the corona virus as I am sure more will die from it but.....this is for the United States in 2017 Number of deaths for leading causes of death: Heart disease: 647,457 Cancer:...
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2oldman wrote:rexlion wrote:That's one way. Another is to compare the dead to those infected, and that's where the numbers go way up.
A proper calculation of mortality rate is: total dead divided by total population.
That's why we're so concerned about its spread.
Yes, and there's the rub. "those infected" is either a total guess OR determined by those few actually tested or have been diagnosed by multiple symptom. Makes for a mighty small number to compare those deceased to ;(
