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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (1206809)	3/6/2020 8:42:08 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576740

Thomas, I'm going to give you two quotes, the first from your first post to me and the second from the post I am replying to right now. I think you are the lazy liar, or something is wrong with your memory. The virus is being weaponized by Trump haters. It will pass as it is not that deadly. Message 32588353 So all data this 5 minutes is un-calibrated. And your reading comprehension needs work as I never said Corid-19 was not deadly. Unless your brain does not compute the meaning of the set of all. Or you are a lazy liar. Message 32588890 Now, as to predictions around the impact to our entire population, it is unknowable just yet, because the infection rate is not yet truly known and as you said, too many people may not be checking in with their symptoms. But we can draw conclusions from what we've already seen. Let's take South Korea, for example. They have 6,593 cases confirmed. Of those, 42 have died and 135 have recovered. That's a 23.7% mortality rate with a margin of error of 7%. How could that happen in a modern health care system such as South Korea's? Well, the fast spreading virus infected so many people, it overwhelmed their hospitals. It's estimated that 20% of people who get infected end up with severe symptoms and about 10% end up with pneumonia and have to have mechanical respirators. If they can't get that care, then they die. This is how this virus is far more serious than the seasonal flu. It has a far higher probability of overwhelming our resources than the seasonal flu does. Already, the US is struggling to ramp up testing and we're facing shortages of masks, hand sanitizer and all sorts of other things health care workers need, such as respirators, ICU beds, and other critical care supplies. That is a problem. You need to use that big brain of yours a bit more. I suspect you are substituting bravado for critical thinking.