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I disagree. When someone looks at an epidemic that just made landfall a month ago and compares those numbers on an absolute basis to a virus (seasonal flu) that's completely embedded in the fabric of the entire US, and concludes that since A<B, it's not a threat, they are indeed a complete fuckwit.

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To make your argument convincing, you should explain the difference between the coronavirus and the seasonal flu, and why is it invalid to compare the mortality rates of the two.

I read the two comments you linked and it does not appear that either of them are doing what you say they are.

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