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Originally Posted by Barefoot
Gulfcoast: Over 3800 people have died in Florida from the coronavirus. Perhaps you should check with the families of people who have died, before you make the remark that "coronavirus is not as deadly as once feared."
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Given that I once saw predictions for Florida as high as 60,000 to even 100,000 deaths, I am glad that the virus is not NEARLY as deadly as once feared. The more asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic people that test positive, the lower the hospitalization/death rate gets and the quicker we achieve herd immunity.
We supposedly have numbers "skyrocketing" but hospitalizations and deaths are not scarily high which is actually fantastic news.
The chances of dying in a car accident or from a lightning strike are low, too, but that doesn't mean that it isn't tragic when it happens. Nor does it mean that we should ban cars or being outdoors to prevent those deaths from happening. There is always going to be some unlucky person who is killed by lightning or even hit by a car while sitting on the safety of their living room sofa.
Death is a part of life unfortunately. You don't stop living because you are afraid of dying.