raptor ghost
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wait wait wait.
Is the danger
anywhere near what they are putting all over headlines? shit no. 320 million in the usa. 136k deaths supposedly from this. What is that percentage? basically nothing. A third of 1%
majorly flawed logic: are you assuming all 320 mill people in the US have already been exposed or contracted the COVID?
The numbers likely are elevated but you would take the 136,000 deaths / 3.3 mill who tested positive. ~ 4% death rate. Again 4% is likely over-estimated and a bit too high.
Flu deaths for perspective in the US
2018 ~ 60-80k deaths
2019 ~ 20-30k deaths
COVID deaths started picking up midApril but 130k deaths in 3-4 months time is a horrible number.
Not sure how 400-500k deaths per year sounds for the next few years...and that's assuming our aggressive precautions have greatly decreased mortality. Our hospitals are getting better at keeping patients alive provided we have the resources available. We also have no real numbers on of those hospitalized are any left with pulmonary fibrosis, trachs, ESRD/dialysis...
You are assuming age protects you provided the pandemic "goes away."
SARS was the shortest at just over a year, but spanish flu 1918, black plague, and of course the flu have or has exactly what duration of time? This is on the scale of years...exactly how long do you expect the COVID pandemic to occur? Why would Europe and Canada bar US citizens from entrance/vacay?
I am not saying you might end up like Nick Cordero, may the lord rest his soul...but I also dont think you are younger than him. wonder why Kanye bought a mansion/ranch in Wyoming
Your chances goes way down if you don't take precautions like the OP. Being healthy does help a lot, but certainly will not trump certain idiocy (no pun intended): i.e. someone who tried to deliberately contract the COVID. Inadvertently spreading the virus is one thing, but exposing others from stupidity is on an entirely different level.
It is insulting to the healthcare workers and first responders who have risked their lives and those who have died doing so.