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Classicalwit
I don't remember hearing that 2.2MM people were going to die, I've always heard 200-250K. It would have taken rampant failure and unchecked civic stupidity for 2.2MM of us to die. Maybe that was someone's worst case, catastrophic scenario.
It was one of many different predictions made last March. That particular forecast comes from England. Many virus "doubters" keep it alive as an example of an extreme prediction, hoping that way to discredit all of the science we have gotten on this.
In response AT THE TIME the CDC openly doubted that figure.
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A bombshell study from a team of infectious disease experts at Imperial College London this week predicted that without intervention the disease could lead to 510,000 deaths in Britain and 2.2 million in the United States.
Respected public health expert Anthony Fauci told CNN on Sunday that it was "possible" hundreds of thousands of Americans could die.
That particular prediction was about what would happen if nothing were done about the virus.
If nothing were done, the forecasters claimed, the USA could face an 80% infection rate. 80% of 328 M would be 262 M infected, and 2.2 M deaths would be 0.84% of that.
The doubters who try to keep the 2.2 M figure alive always leave out the
If nothing were done part.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/10/2020 05:05PM by zn.
