AeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intexternal-linkmessage-square172linkfedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1728arrow-down1external-linkTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intAeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square172linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregogonan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoNo, 200 x 12 is 2400, or 2.4K annually (if we don’t factor in 90% of deaths and calculate it as 180 x 12). You’re off by a factor of 10. Covid deaths are 60% as common as drowning using that math, not 600%.
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoOh shit youre absolutely right. Well fuck me then.
No, 200 x 12 is 2400, or 2.4K annually (if we don’t factor in 90% of deaths and calculate it as 180 x 12). You’re off by a factor of 10. Covid deaths are 60% as common as drowning using that math, not 600%.
Oh shit youre absolutely right. Well fuck me then.