Blind Assassin wrote:336,000 Confirmed COVID cases in California. Population 41,000,000
8/10 of 1% of the population has the Virus
7,086 Deaths in California
So 2.1% of the people that have been confirmed with COVID have died. They haven't all been killed by COVID...but they had it when they died.
5,942 of the 7,086 deaths in California are people 65+ years of age.
17 out of 100,000 Deaths in California have been "COVID-related."
If you are under 65 years of age, your chances of dying with the Virus are 27 out of 1,000,000.
You have 0 chance of dying with the Virus if you are under 18 years of age
People actually succumbing to COVID symptons is likely only 2/3 of the COVID-related deaths.
FOR COMPARISON
Lifetime odds of death for selected causes, United States, 2018
Cause of Death Odds of Dying
Heart disease 1 in 6
Cancer 1 in 7
All preventable causes of death 1 in 25
Chronic lower respiratory disease 1 in 26
Suicide 1 in 86
Opioid overdose 1 in 98
Motor-vehicle crash 1 in 106
Fall 1 in 111
Gun assault 1 in 298
Pedestrian incident 1 in 541
Motorcyclist 1 in 890
Drowning 1 in 1,121
Fire or smoke 1 in 1,399
Choking on food 1 in 2,618
Bicyclist 1 in 4,060
Sunstroke 1 in 7,770
Accidental gun discharge 1 in 9,077
Electrocution, radiation, extreme temperatures, and pressure 1 in 12,484
Sharp objects 1 in 29,483
Hot surfaces and substances 1 in 45,186
Hornet, wasp, and bee stings 1 in 53,989
Cataclysmic storm 1 in 54,699
Dog attack 1 in 118,776
Lightning 1 in 180,746
This is the biggest hoax ever pulled on the American people. Its politics.
Your claims of hoax are both ignorant and dangerous. The whole world would have to be involved in the "hoax"
Let's play with your numbers-only using California.
The estimates is that NYC had about 30% infection rate- actual death rate seems to be around .5 %. We need to be at 60% infection rate to achieve Herd Immunity
20% infected Dead
8,200,000.00 41,000.000
10% infected Dead
4,100,000.00 20,500.000
60% Herd Dead
24,600,000.00 123,000.000
California has been fortunate so far- You seem to discount the fact that the measures take have had an effect on past infection rates. A death rate of .5% seems low, but a small percent of a big number is still a big number. I guess its OK since most of the deaths will be over 65?