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I actually didnt. Maybe its the way I talk/type/ but no I wasnt asking cause that wasnt the point I was trying to make in the first place.
3-4% mortality rate
96-97% recovery rate.
Lipsitch predicts that within the coming year, some 40 to 70 percent of people around the world will be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19
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You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
So let's use the LOW estimate of 40%
The worlds population is 7.8 billion
40% of 7.8 billion is 3,120,000,000 infected
Let's use the LOW estimated mortality rate of Covid-19 of 3%
If 3% of 3,120,000,000 = 93,600,000 dying