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		jacquesm on March 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK c... Well, then they're idiots. Plenty of people under 50 will end up in intensive care, roughly half of them survive, the remainder will have a good chance of lung issues for the rest of their lives.

leonixyz on March 16, 2020 [–]

I agree with what you say, but I also believe they did their pretty accurate calculations, and the net result is still going to be positive for them.

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