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3.5% means it killed 1 in every 29 or so people it infected.



And that's only 1 percent point more than the global infant(<1yo) mortality rate right now. Or 4x less percentages than Soviet losses in WWII(13.7% wtf), or 5x less than French losses in Napoleonic wars(5m out of 30m or so).

It's not worth assuming antivax style denialist attitudes against a COVID-class crisis, but it's also no factor for survival of humans the species. Only damaging to like, medium term economies and profits. We'd grow back just fine so long we'd wear masks, eat well, and get vaccinated as needed in timely manners.


I don't understand people who do the "well we'll survive as a species!" argument.

Like, sure, okay. But if I told you to do something which killed 1 out of every 30 people who attempted it, you wouldn't do it.




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