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> The coronavirus could kill millions of Americans: ‘Do the math,’ immunization specialist says

How is that failed? Do we have a crystal ball that says it's all over/ this virus can't possibly mutate into something deadlier? I do agree it feels "unlikely" but marking it as "failed" is just a prediction at this point.

what's even funnier is that the next prediction is already marked as "correct" even though we haven't touched 1Million global deaths yet.

> 'We Are At War,' WHO Head Says, Warning Millions Could Die From COVID-19

--- on a different note, this is also strange:

> 21 Indian cities will run out of ground water by 2020 Link Failed Resources 2030-40 2019

So it's made in 2019, but is it about 2020 or about 2030-40? Seems unlikely that it really is about 2020 if it was made in 2019.... unless it was all but guaranteed to become true (and then I'd like to know how they avoided it).




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> Coronavirus pandemic could cause 40 million deaths if left unchecked

What data can we base this on? Humanity has taken measures to ensure that the pandemic doesn't get to those levels, so any real-world data is obviously going to be much less than 40 million.


Thank you for pointing that. The evidence does suggest that deadly virus mutations aren't that likely, but yes, it is more accurate to say 'Unlikely'.




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