While @IHME_UW repeatedly underestimates covid deaths in the US, they are apparently now projecting over 600,000 new covid deaths in China over the next three months

https://covid19.healthdata.org/china?view=cumulative-deaths&tab=trend

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  • nohaybanda [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Fucking libs , man:

    I'm glad this isn't true, because if it is, our economy will be in shambles. Truly scary to contemplate

    :screm-a:

    Have you considered that the reason China has done so much better than the US is precisely that they don't think of the economy first and the public well-being a distant second? Who am I kidding, it's more like 5th or 6th if at all. The number one lessons we should be taking away from this pandemic is that the "economy" cannot meaningfully be understood as separate and distinct from the health of the working class. It's almost like labour power is the source of all wealth or something.

    :marx-hi: