Old 05-04-2020, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ZeroTT View Post
The case fatality rate WITH FULL MEDICAL CARE for coronavirus is 2%. There are only so many ventilators and people who know how to work them. If 10% of nyc needs a ventilator at once, then about 9.9% of nyc is going to die.

this definitely has the potential to be quite disruptive medically, saying nothing of the economics
Amazing -- you posted this the day before the S&P hit a high that will likely endure for a decade. I remember reading this actual post while on vacation in Vietnam, where nobody seemed particularly troubled about the 'rona, and I actually remember thinking ' this guy is nuts.'

I hereby retract that thought!!
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