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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But it's still a very small percentage.  Yes, as the population continues to grow at such exponential rates, small percentages of fatalities are going to result in higher actual numbers.  Take driving for example, I don't know what the % of fatalities are but for arguments sake, let's just say 1% of all total drivers.  Does that mean that driving should not be allowed in place like LA as opposed to Des Moines, because 1% of drivers is in LA is a larger number than in Des Moines?   And please don't anyone come here and lecture me about how I shouldn't be comparing driving to Coronavirus because it's not contagious.  My point is about percentages and numbers. [/quote]
[b]OMG! The risk of a driving is nowhere near 1%!!! Not for a given driving trip and not even over a lifetime[/b]. And, we spend a ton of research money, as do automakers, to make driving safer. This includes safety features in cars, laws governing driving behavior, police officers to enforce those laws, and regulatory agencies to ensure automakers are compliant.

If you are even trying to make this comparison, then you absolutely have no understanding how to contextualize a 1% fatality rate for a disease we know almost nothing about.[/quote]

Which is precisely why I said "for arguments sake"  The point I was making is that we should be looking at the total % of a population that is impacted not simply the total numbers. [/quote]

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