CDC: COVID-19 has a 6% mortality rate: it would kill a million Americans per 10% infected. Why do conservatives want to open the economy?

If all 330 million Americans get it and the death rate remains the same, 10 million deaths will result.

Total Cases 1,152,372 (29,763 New Cases)
Total Deaths 67,456 (1,719 New Deaths)
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html

Jack H2020-05-05T14:21:10Z

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It depends on the figures you use to determine the %, the right want to try to compare it to either total population, or, tests done, to keep the figure as low as possible, hoeever if you compare it to positive tests youre about right, compare it to hospitalisations and its around 12%. Reopening before the peak is passed is foolish to put it mildly, because it will simply spike again and close everything down again, catastrophically. To be fair, in America, Trump mishandled every stage, he ignored so he could get his Corporate handouts in place, then when hed enriched the wealthy, he was so far in debt, he couldnt support the workers, now, hes just trying to cause insurrection so he xan blame Democratic Governors, the workers are being starved of cash, forcingvthem to try to get back to work because they need the money, Trump fighting for his Presidency and doesnt care how many die as a result...

dain9782020-05-05T16:11:37Z

People are only important before they come out of the womb according to Republicans.

Socrates2020-05-05T14:42:53Z

You statistical evaluation sucks. You are LEAVING OUT the EVER GROWING number of cases being discovered daily of people who are found to have had COVID-19 that never knew they did and the statistics surrounding how many more of them are out there. All this is dropping the morality rate below 0.6%!

Anonymous2020-05-05T14:24:54Z

The mortality rate is nowhere close to 6%. If you are otherwise healthy, the mortality rate is very close to 0.00%.

Anonymous2020-05-05T14:11:37Z

However, if you look at the economy, 3.3 million are out of a job. If this last over this month, our economy is finish. 

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