On: Oregon has first confirmed Covid-19 case

[refurb]

2,900 deaths in a country of 1.39B. 2 deaths per million people.

If the same things happens in the US, that's 800 people dead in the US.

Almost 3,000 Americans die each month in traffic accidents.

Keep things in perspective.

[scarmig → refurb]

2,900 deaths after shutting down the economy for a quarter or more.

[vkou → refurb]

> 2,900 deaths in a country of 1.39B. 2 deaths per million people.

1. You have no guarantee that it's not going to get worse.

2. And this was after a draconian quarantine, and nation-wide mobilization to prevent the spread.

[yfzhou → refurb]

How about 2,200 deaths in Wuhan of 10m people, only because it’s sealed off just in time so it’s not replicated in other cities across China?

[craftinator → refurb]

2900 deaths in a few months, with more people getting sick every day. The process of viral expansion isn't linear...