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There has recently been a panic over the high mortality rate of victims of Covid-19. Any high death count is alarming.
Here are some other high mortality counts from this year to date as of March 24, 2020 at about 8:30 pm or so.
These other mortality count causes don't seem to attract much attention. Covid-19 is also listed for comparison. All of these causes are listed in the same section at Worldometer.
ALL of these numbers reflect this year only, year to date.
1. Abortions: 9,757,860
2. Smoking: 1,147,165
3. Road Traffic: 309,909
4. Suicide: 246,191
5. Regular Flu: 111,595
6. Covid-19: 18,810
Worldometer - real time world statistics
The national goal for the huge number of folks to shelter at home for a few weeks is to flatten the curve so our hospital system is not overrun with all of the cases front loaded during the course of the national epidemic.
When the shelter at home is ended, the pandemic around the world and the epidemic here in the US will not be over. In truth, it may get worse.
However, the hospital system we have will be able to handle the flattened curve demand. There may be drug therapies proven to distribute at that point and there may not be. Certainly, there will not be a vaccine.
This interruption in our lives is not to eradicate the disease from the US before Easter.
It is intended to slow the initial onslaught of Covid-19 victims needing care to a pace at which our hospital system might provide beds in hospitals for the newly struck victims as needed.
Just sayin'... Our social distancing will probably need to evolve as we incorporate a new normal into our lives at the time(s) we return to our normal lives.
1-4 are self inflicted and entirely avoidable. Even traffic accidents, the majority caused by stupidity. It's not a good comparison at all. They are also not responsible for flooding our hospitals and straining the availability of medical equipment and personnel.