Originally Posted by
Hitta
This virus infection typically spreads at an average rate of double per 4 days. The death toll is going to end up a lot higher than the numbers you have listed. A conservative estimate of the number of people that are going to die in the US is 480,000. That's at the low end. High end will be 1.7 million. More than likely the virus is just going to keep spreading until we establish herd immunity. There are a lot of people greatly underestimating this. It's a very rational anxiety. Most people have family members that are at high risk factor. Panic is bad, but people should be a bit afraid.