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The_jackalope

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4. Yes, and the estimate by the professional epidemiologists

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 04:53 PM

Mar 2020

is 140 million infections in the USA. But that's hard for an amateur like me to defend, so I tend to look at results closer in. Even 1.4 million infections by mid-April is bad enough to flatten the health care system.

I guess based on the 140 million estimate we could get 2.5 billion or more infections world-wide, but that's hard even for a doomer like me to believe. There's no point even speculating on numbers like that - they are end-of-the-world stuff.

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let's get real evertonfc Mar 2020 #1

At this point, pretty much. Igel Mar 2020 #2

Vaccine is probably at least 14 months away. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #3

Like that Will Smith movie from a few years ago Bookworm2586 Mar 2020 #5

I Am Legend dalton99a Mar 2020 #7

Yes, that's it! n/t Bookworm2586 Mar 2020 #8

Yes, and the estimate by the professional epidemiologists The_jackalope Mar 2020 #4

I've been bracing myself for an escalating series of crises/emergencies for at least several years. PETRUS Mar 2020 #6

Same here. The_jackalope Mar 2020 #9

When I was young... PETRUS Mar 2020 #10

One wonders if COVID slows climate damage greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #11

Well, a global recession is likely. PETRUS Mar 2020 #13

Over 2,500 NEW cases in the US so far today Roland99 Mar 2020 #12

I wouldn't be surprised if we're already at 50K-100K Azathoth Mar 2020 #14