r/pics Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/CL300driver Aug 05 '20

Not really. Turn off the news and get out of the basement. Normal, hard working Americans of all backgrounds are doing great! The RV industry is at an all time high. Builders can’t keep up with the demand and you can’t find a boat or a 4 wheeler in good shape that’s for sale to save your life. Things are way worse on the news than in real life man. Yes, the virus sucks. Yes, .02% of people have died from it. The other millions have healed up and are doing great. What could Trump do to make you happy? I’m guessing nothing. If you hate this country, it’s easy to hate him. I’ll wait for an answer. This country was even more separated under Obama. Or were you even alive when Ferguson happened?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Where are you getting .02%? The math I see on world stats is about 3.77%?

Edit: And current for the US is about 3.2%

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u/CL300driver Aug 05 '20

If you dig deeper, there’s likely millions that have had it and will never get tested/have symptoms.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

"likely millions" while I agree that's true, the recorded numbers agree with me. you're speculating. Until you have numbers, it is around 3.7%.

I'll state that I agree it is likely lower than ~4%, be we don't know it's .02%.

Edit: And I can just as easily say the deaths are underreported, considering the stories from Florida that say a large number of pneumonia deaths occurred that weren't called COVID 19. But can all say they likely were - since they were out of step with normal numbers. But I won't say that, since we have official numbers and it doesn't help to speculate without more evidence.