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1. savana+k5[view] [source] 2021-01-22 18:55:30
>>LinuxB+(OP)
Is it possible that Sars-cov-2 epidemic will eventually save more lives than it cost, through the long term and short term effects of decreased pollution and climate change? If that's true, we have to entertain the theory that the virus was purposefully initiated by a time-traveler charged with averting climate catastrophe through the only means possible.
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2. citili+w7[view] [source] 2021-01-22 19:05:48
>>savana+k5
> Is it possible that Sars-cov-2 epidemic will eventually save more lives than it cost, through the long term and short term effects of decreased pollution and climate change?

Climate change wont directly lead to death, we'll have to adapt, but there are models showing more food produced from climate change. Simply put, we don't know what potentially will happen. We highly suspect there are 150 thousand increase in death from disease due to climate change[2]

In contrast... there are 135 - 270 MILLION people on the verge of starvation now; due to the policies around covid (or >2% of the worlds population).

> “marching towards starvation” spiking from 135 million to 270 million as the pandemic unfolded. He stressed that 2021 will be catastrophic [2]

BTW these people are still getting covid too, lockdowns slowed the spread, didn't stop it. Most American's have already gotten the disease (estimates are that 10x the number of people have gotten it over the tests[3]). Given 25 million have tested positive, by the prior estimates, that means a likely 250 million Americans have already gotten covid [4].

[1] https://www.who.int/heli/risks/climate/climatechange/en/

[2] https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/ga12294.doc.htm

[3] https://www.businessinsider.com/us-coronavirus-cases-deaths-...

[4] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

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3. xur17+L9[view] [source] 2021-01-22 19:14:57
>>citili+w7
> Given 25 million have tested positive, by the prior estimates, that means a likely 250 million Americans have already gotten covid [4]

Considering there are 328 million Americans, that would mean 76% of Americans have had the disease, which I believe would be sufficient for herd immunity. Given what case counts look like, I find that extremely unlikely.

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4. citili+gg[view] [source] 2021-01-22 19:48:28
>>xur17+L9
They've been counting any flu related illness as COVID, hospitals also get additional funds for COVID-19 hospitalizations. Only a handful of influenza tests have even been ran: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

In all likelihood, yes we are nearing heard immunity and we're done with the illness.

Further, there's an issue with the PCR testing. Though there have been reports since August - October 2020, published in November 2020:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346483715_External_...

Basically, they started over amplifying the DNA and weren't controlling the PCR tests very well. Here's the original WHO warning in December 2020

https://web.archive.org/web/20210102051357/https://www.who.i...

(Since... the page has been deleted, but followed later)

With the official statement January 19, 2020:

https://www.who.int/news/item/19-01-2021-who-information-not...

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5. selimt+Hu[view] [source] 2021-01-22 21:07:33
>>citili+gg
Herd immunity...against which variant?
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