Old 10-19-2020, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun View Post
1 in 103 chance of dying in a car wreck? Bodies should be stacked like cordwood on the sides of every road!
Nobody thinks it's that high.

The DoD just came to the conclusion that air travel is pretty safe...

https://www.businessinsider.com/covi...0-10?r=UK&IR=T


I think the scientist was more concerned about the lack of fidelity of the data, due to potential uncounted transmissions. I didn't get that he thinks the risk is much higher than currently assumed. Scientist tend to prefer conclusive data before going to press.
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