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CDC: COVID-19 has a 6% mortality rate: it would kill a million Americans per 10% infected. Why do conservatives want to open the economy?

If all 330 million Americans get it and the death rate remains the same, 10 million deaths will result.

Total Cases 1,152,372 (29,763 New Cases)

Total Deaths 67,456 (1,719 New Deaths)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-up...

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  • Jack H
    Lv 7
    12 months ago
    Favourite answer

    It depends on the figures you use to determine the %, the right want to try to compare it to either total population, or, tests done, to keep the figure as low as possible, hoeever if you compare it to positive tests youre about right, compare it to hospitalisations and its around 12%. Reopening before the peak is passed is foolish to put it mildly, because it will simply spike again and close everything down again, catastrophically. To be fair, in America, Trump mishandled every stage, he ignored so he could get his Corporate handouts in place, then when hed enriched the wealthy, he was so far in debt, he couldnt support the workers, now, hes just trying to cause insurrection so he xan blame Democratic Governors, the workers are being starved of cash, forcingvthem to try to get back to work because they need the money, Trump fighting for his Presidency and doesnt care how many die as a result...

  • ?
    Lv 6
    12 months ago

    People are only important before they come out of the womb according to Republicans.

  • Anonymous
    12 months ago

    They think they need to "make" money - and probably assume the government won't help them pay the rent.

    They have problems thinking outside the frame of the market-economy

  • 12 months ago

    You statistical evaluation sucks. You are LEAVING OUT the EVER GROWING number of cases being discovered daily of people who are found to have had COVID-19 that never knew they did and the statistics surrounding how many more of them are out there. All this is dropping the morality rate below 0.6%!

  • Jeff S
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    They're dumb enough to believe that only liberals will die of it!

    That's why Trump is oversupplying Republican States while shortchanging democrat states!

  • Anonymous
    12 months ago

    The mortality rate is nowhere close to 6%. If you are otherwise healthy, the mortality rate is very close to 0.00%.

  • 12 months ago

    CDC hasn't been right about anything yet. Protect the elderly. Let everyone else get back to work.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    I get 2-3%... lowering the more people tested. Here it is currently1-2% depending on the day and time of reporting.... could there possibly be some statistical shenanigans afoot where you are?... hmmm?

  • Anonymous
    12 months ago

    These morons are saying "70000 deaths, but there are 350 million people!" 

    That's not how to figure out a mortality rate. 

    As to "why Cons want to open the economy?"

    Because they are ASSHOLES, and STUPID. 

  • Anonymous
    12 months ago

    However, if you look at the economy, 3.3 million are out of a job. If this last over this month, our economy is finish. 

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