• SGGeorwell
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    11 days ago

    It shows how dangerous ignorance is. It’s exhausting sharing this planet with all these fucking morons.

      • imrighthere@lemmy.ca
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        11 days ago

        So did trump with covid, and americans elected him a second time. These are not smart people.

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          While the US had a lower COVID-19 mortality rate than high-mortality countries during the early spring, after May 10, all 6 high-mortality countries had fewer deaths per 100 000 than the US. For instance, between May 10 and September 19, 2020, Italy’s death rate was 9.1/100 000 while the US’s rate was 36.9/100 000. If the US had comparable death rates with most high-mortality countries beginning May 10, it would have had 44 210 to 104 177 fewer deaths (22%-52%) (Table 1). If the US had comparable death rates beginning June 7, it would have had 28% to 43% fewer reported deaths (as a percentage overall).

          https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551217/