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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best set of data is from China as long as you assume they aren't lying:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/20/health/covid-19-recovery-rates-intl/index.html

[quote]Data from China shows the majority of people with Covid-19 only suffer mild symptoms, then recover[/quote]

There are almost 1-2 million deaths and over 10 million cases due to tuberculosis per year.  You think COVID is scary?  Try multi-drug resistant TB.  Do we all panic over MDR TB?  No.  Does the economy stop because of TB? No.  Is TB transmissible by air/droplets? Yes.  So much stupid panicking over a coronavirus that by in large produces mild symptoms in the vast, vast majority of cases.  The media goes into a frenzy over the tailend of a bell curve.  Jeez, who ever knew there was a continuum of severity for a disease? Oh wait, that's right, that's like every disease....a fraction of people will always have more severe responses than others. That's not a good reason to paralyze society.

Mark my words.  We will all look back at this and shake our head in disbelief at the over panic.  The remedy, which includes injecting trillions upon trillions of dollars in debt into the economy, will be far more painful for millions of future generations of Americans than the actual disease itself.  The US already has over a 100% debt-to-gdp ratio, and now we'll be adding trillions more because of an overreaction to a bug that causes mild symptoms in the vast majority of cases.  Ever see a country that defaults on its debt or that has to enact severe austerity measures because it has too much debt?  That will end up causing much more human suffering than this bug.  Good lord, its as if humans have never co-existed with viruses throughout our course of evolution. Oh wait, that's right, we have a highly advanced immune system to deal with, which is why the vast majority of COVID cases will result in a mild syndrome.

Sure, protect the most vulnerable and help with care with those who are in the far tail end of the bellcurve who end up needed intense care.  But that's not a good reason to paralyze the entire world economy for a disease that produces mild symptoms in most cases. No one pees their pants about MDR tuberculosis, which is far nastier.  [/quote]
515 people died from tuberculosis in the US last year.  We will exceed that next week with coronavirus.

Obligatory rant over why we shouldn't panic over coronavirus and why the US will never impose on itself the cruel austerity measures we imposed on so many others.[/quote]

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