AeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intexternal-linkmessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL roughly 200 people still die each month from COVID worldwide.data.who.intAeronMelon@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square157linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregogonan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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.