A group of U.S. researchers has modelled where society’s current path — an unmitigated spread of COVID — would lead. They concluded that unfettered transmission could result in death tolls exceeding 100,000 a year in the U.S. alone. “Endemicity is not a victory,” they added.

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  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Also wtf estimate are they using, the highest end estimates I’ve seen is 700,000.

    Which is still disgustingly high and the fact that China ended zero covid sucks ass, but still far better than the US