COVID-19 Update: Impact Remains Low Even With Increase In Cases

Even with the new increase in cases, the impact on each individual American is low. Here are the statistics from yesterday:

Yesterday (10-29-2020) each American had a 0.028 chance of contracting COVID-19.
As of today11,221,406 persons worldwide have COVID-19.
99% of those who have the virus, statistics show, will have mild reactions to the virus.
1% will have a reaction that might require hospitalization.
In the United States, 2,997,331 persons have COVID-19. Of those, only 16,950 (.0052 of the population) have a reaction that might require hospitalization, Nationwide! This represents an effectively 0% chance of overwhelming our health systems.
In the US, deaths have been flat for two months, even with the current spike in cases.

The importance of these statistics can not be undervalued. What these numbers show is that we know how to live with this virus. Don't forget that in week 2 of this pandemic the CDC said that 70 to 75 percent of all Americans would get COVID-19 in the next two years. They have never changed that estimate. Cases are not an important statistic other than it helps those who are at risk to double-down on their efforts to protect themselves in areas of high concentration of the virus.

Bottom line, we know the formula; wear your mask, sanitize your hands when you enter and leave a building, wash your hands every few hours. If you are a person at risk, stay home.

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