It's about time for me to utilize my analytical skills to
help you see Covid-19 stats horizontally and vertically. Attached
below are the Covid-19 numbers from yesterday, 12/28/2020.
Infected cases: US = 23.7% of the world
Deaths: US = 18.9% of the world
During the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu, US deaths = 1.35% of the world (675000 / 50mil = 1.35%).
US population in 1920 = 106.5mil. US Spanish Flu death rate = 675000 / 106.5m = 0.63%.
US
Covid-19 death rate (model projection through 3/31/2021) = 560000 /
331mil = 0.17%. However, 3/2021 will not be the end of the Covid-19
death.
When reaching 675K
deaths in later 2021, the US Covid-19 death rate = 675000 / 331mil =
0.20% (not much better than 100 years ago, when we didn't have vaccine
or ventilators or Ecmo machines, etc.).
It's
hard to comprehend the fact that 100 years later, with the most
advanced medicine in the world, US in 2020-2021 will have at least 675K
deaths from the pandemic, the same amount as the pandemic from 100 years
ago. Just take a minute to think about it -- if this is not stunning,
what is?????
I
hate to express all these deaths as numbers. Dr. Michelle called me
late Sunday night crying -- because of the overwhelming amount of the
dying patients in her ICU unit... So many people's lives have been
deeply impacted and altered, forever. Take a minute to let it sink in.
Cherish life and share love with those who are in need.
