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sterlingice · 06-12-2021, 03:08 PM

Yeah, looks like we're headed towards nobody having the correct bucket (750K-1M). Never mind that having 750K-1M dead means nobody is a winner.

There was a time when I would have considered <1M a "win", when it looked like the death rate was worse earlier on. Now we mostly know that CFR of >1% is only once medical resources get overwhelmed. And we saw how horribly the handling of this was botched, especially last year, so it feels like we lost x00,000 people more than we needed to but I don't think I could quite put a number to x (somewhere between 2-5).

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06-12-2021, 03:08 PM	#29
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Yeah, looks like we're headed towards nobody having the correct bucket (750K-1M). Never mind that having 750K-1M dead means nobody is a winner. There was a time when I would have considered <1M a "win", when it looked like the death rate was worse earlier on. Now we mostly know that CFR of >1% is only once medical resources get overwhelmed. And we saw how horribly the handling of this was botched, especially last year, so it feels like we lost x00,000 people more than we needed to but I don't think I could quite put a number to x (somewhere between 2-5). SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"