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To assume the infection fatality ratio(IFR)is 0.5% from this is retarded. We know that when covid-19 began to spread in South Korea at first it spread among a younger population who were ignoring or at least not following government advise so closely and taking chances the IFR was looking like about 0.7% to start with (In SK). We know this as SK kept excellent data / records to begin with. We also know that the Diamond Princess with a more generally aged population has a IFR of 13% +. We know this is a disease that adversely effects the elderly and infirm (in the developed world) If you are over 80 getting covid you might as well play Russian roulette with a Magnum .45 .These groups of people know there at risk, so if they have any sanity they are staying the hell at home. So people who are going into the Grocery store in NY city aren't representative of this population. This is why we are staying at home mostly to protect the old and infirm. That's not to say you want Covid-19 yourself either because there's about a 5% chance you will end up in the ICU (and an as yet undisclosed chance of death) even if your a member of the Hungarian Olympic Shot-Putting team. This does kill young tough people, it does happen but this is mostly killing the elderly and infirm. Why are people so fecking retarded? I can't take this anymore!! Stay the Sm3g at home! It's stopping the hospitals being overloaded.. It's buying us time to figure out new treatments / how to treat this better.


Read an article that over half of Europe's Covid deaths might be from nursing homes...


Sounds plausible. Do you have a link to that article? I'm not trying to bate you, I'd genuinely like to read it.




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