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View submission: COVID denialism and policy clarifications
Do you have your will set up in case the worst case happens when your luck does run out?
Surely comments like this are misinformation? Implying they are likely to die from it despite 99+% ~~being perfectly fine~~ still alive
Comment by TimDd2013 at 01/09/2021 at 20:57 UTC*
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That 99% figure is misleading. Consider this analogy:
Driving cars is 'safe'. There are 38,000 deaths per year on US roadways. (https://www.asirt.org/safe-travel/road-safety-facts/[1]) Thats 0.01% of the US population. No big deal. But, if you actually get in an accident, then you chance of survival isnt 99.99%, but much lower, down to 0% if you crash into a still parked truck while going 100mph. Nobody would say crashes are safe, but only that driving is (relatively) safe.
1: https://www.asirt.org/safe-travel/road-safety-facts/
Same with COVID. While a large portion might be unaffected or at least not at risk (vaccinated, social distancing etc), if you contract the virus your chances are not THAT high to survive. If I am reading the data of cdc.gov (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/nhcs/hospital-mortality-by-week.htm[2]) correctly, then there is a chance of 4/10 that you die of COVID when you are admitted to the hospital without needing to be put on a ventilator, and about 5/10 to 6/10 chance of death when you need to be put on a ventilator. While COVID might be relatively "harmless" overall, if you get it, then you are in trouble.
2: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/nhcs/hospital-mortality-by-week.htm
And people like you that dont wear masks/get vaccinated and are still around people are going around driving 100mph while actively seeking out trucks. That doesnt mean that you will crash, it just means that you are not as safe as you might think you are. Best of luck.
E: sources
E2: nvm you are not the same person as the one 3 comments above, but I am going to take a gamble here and say that there are certain similarities.
Comment by [deleted] at 01/09/2021 at 19:39 UTC
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