- 15 Jul 2020 04:49
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Recently I read the CDC and another webpage wrong due to declining interest. In order to redeem myself, I am now making a [High Effort Post]. Reply at your own risk. You have been warned. Trump 2020.
According to the CDC, roughly 12,500 people in the United States die of heart disease each week: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
Last week in the US, a prospected 950 people died of coronavirus, including comorbidity: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm
Based upon this data, one might argue that the coronavirus pandemic is already over: heart disease is roughly 13 times as deadly as coronavirus and they both target predominantly older individuals, which makes comparison appropriate.
Maybe it will go away and maybe it won't. But in light of the greatly reduced death rate, is there a point when people should decide that we just have to live with this thing? Or do we stay locked down forever because there's a new, albeit statistically unlikely cause of death for old people?
According to the CDC, roughly 12,500 people in the United States die of heart disease each week: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
- * I reached this number by dividing the number of deaths for the year of 2017 by 52, roughly the number of weeks in a year.
Last week in the US, a prospected 950 people died of coronavirus, including comorbidity: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm
- * I reached this number based upon the "percentage of expected deaths" figure which has been largely accurate through most of the testing periods.
Based upon this data, one might argue that the coronavirus pandemic is already over: heart disease is roughly 13 times as deadly as coronavirus and they both target predominantly older individuals, which makes comparison appropriate.
Maybe it will go away and maybe it won't. But in light of the greatly reduced death rate, is there a point when people should decide that we just have to live with this thing? Or do we stay locked down forever because there's a new, albeit statistically unlikely cause of death for old people?
Lmao, I guarantee you no fund manager is driving an ETF based purely on spite. -- some guy out there actually believes this.