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165M deaths actually sounds plausible for covid19, if it overwhelms health care in India and developing world countries...

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Yes: as usual with disease the poorest countries are going to be hit the hardest. If you think that Lombardy's medical facilities are bad, this will be quite the next level.

Lombardys health facilities are excellent, but there is only so much you can do when you're overwhelmed

And how many deaths would a greater-then-the-great-despresison depression will cause?

Yes. No one is asking this question.

That, IMHO is the point that was only implicitely made by the original article : massive testing lets you keep the economy at least partially work, because you know who can go to work safely and who can't.

I really hope someone makes a deep study of the decisions that were taken regarding testing facilities in the various european countries, because i have the feeling, at least here in france, that doctors gave up a little too fast on that option (and i still don't understand why)

The wider this disease spreads, the more likely mutations and new strains will appear. This could very quickly spiral out of control. If you are insinuating that an economic shutdown will cause more deaths, you are probably incorrect. Although, we will never know the answer for certain.

I'm in india and may be I do not understand gravity of the situation, but I'm more worried about USA, here people are already scared as shit and most things are in lockdown, which helps the situation.

Trump already gave advice for calming down scared Americans. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/03/20/trump-message...

I was naive enough to click in hope.

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