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Old 04-12-2020, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by dataway View Post
I would say the best measure is to compare the virus deaths to the typical total yearly deaths of all causes 1,700,000 a year.
This could compare Covid19 deaths to other causes but I don't view other causes the same. I don't think someone dying of a car wreck in a nursing home causes 23 others in that same nursing home to die of car wrecks. The overall death rate for Covid19 may be "relatively" low but is far from random.