Dilbert_X wrote:
Lets do the maths!
If 1/5 Noo Yawkers have had it, the population is 8.4 million and 16,000 have died:
To achieve herd immunity you need 4/5 to be exposed and immune.
So 48,000 more New Yorkers have to die.
Extrapolating across a population of 330 million that gives 2.5m Americans have to die so Jay can dump his kid in kindergarten and be free of the whining.
I think its worth the sacrifice.
i didn't look at it like that. i'm not even good at math/stats anyway i just saw the article and drew a conclusion. either way it's at least somewhat good news because it shows it's not quite as deadly as previously thought. it's obviously still serious and i don't want 2.5 million ppl to die.
and mac i could see what u mean. it's not a big sample size to begin with but that's the point of samples anyway i think. u gotta advertise it otherwise no one will do it. but then it's possible by making it voluntary the people that are part of the might be risk takers anyway by going out to get tested when most ppl would just stay home unless they have symptoms. why risk exposing yourself? these ppl were probably already living life on the edge and out in public a lot etc so it's more likely they got the virus
edit: or they had symptoms a while back so now they were just curious if they really had the virus so thus they get the antibody test. i'm seeing a lot of flaws with sample studies
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