Okay, kids, let’s sit down for a second and take apart some bullshit I’ve seen people claiming about Covid-19 on the Facebook. You may see someone claim “The virus has a 99.98% recovery rate, it’s not that bad.” And they might even get bold and throw out this image to back them up:
Okay. Let’s do a little math here.
The United States! If 99.983% survival rate, then that means that 0.017% of people with the virus die. Now, the US has a total population of roughly 327 million. 0.017% of 327 million is 55,590.
The UK! 99.972% would mean 0.028% deaths. UK population is about 67 million people, 0.028% of 67 million is 18,760.
Just for fun, Spain. 99.956% survival, 0.044% death rate. Population of 47 million. 0.044% of 47 million is 20,680.
Now, remember, we’re talking about a portion of the entire nation’s population. 55,590 in the US, 18,760 in the UK, 20,680 in Spain. If you go look at the death tolls by country, that means these numbers were put together sometime around April 20th to April 25th.
But that’s not what a recovery rate is. The recovery rate is people who got the virus and survived.
This? This is the percentage of the entire population that has died to the virus, not the percentage of people who have contracted the virus and recovered. Completely different statistics. This is the equivalent of the anti-tiger rock- these people who haven’t had the virus didn’t die from it, so it can’t be that dangerous, right?
The actual recovery rates are very different, they probably vary from country to country, and we don’t have an accurate way to look at them yet. But unless you believe that every person in the country has gotten Covid-19, then this chart here is absolute bullshit.
Don’t let people spread it unchallenged.
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