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posted ago by PhDinNY ago by PhDinNY +25 / -0

I like to use the Florida Dept. of Health data as a reasonably accurate depiction of covid-19 infection and mortality. Based on their latest data summary, 10,860 deaths have occurred, with 1,976,808 people testing positive. Using just those two numbers means a person has less than 0.55% chance of dying from covid if they are infected. But there are many people who either have such mild symptoms, they don't bother to get tested, or apparently even asymptomatic people. So assuming only 1/4 people who are infected get tested for those reasons (I heard early on it could be 1/8), that means there is an average chance of dying of 0.14% Of course, the chance of dying is much lower for people under 60, of reasonable health, and higher for elderly and those with certain conditions. But the bottom line is, the nation's economy was destroyed, people's lives destroyed, and basic freedoms stolen, for an illness with a very low risk of death for the vast majority of people! And now, they are convincing millions of healthy, very low risk people, to get vaccinated, when all along, any vaccination should be limited to high risk categories.