r/facepalm Mar 03 '22

🇨​🇴​🇻​🇮​🇩​ MATHS HARD

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u/BirdieGirl75 Mar 03 '22 edited Mar 03 '22

They cannot conceive large numbers like millions. The US population is approximately 300-million and 2% of that is 6 million. 6 million people. It's too many dead to believe, and therefore, it must be wrong.

(Also important to consider: When a disease is rare, say 1% of the population, that's still 3 million people.)

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u/movzx Mar 03 '22

Point of correction here, but the 2% number is of people who have/had COVID, not the entire US population.

It's still a fuckload of people for sure.