1:1000

CNN reported that one in one-thousand Americans have died from COVID-19.

The United States reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since the nation’s first reported infection in late January.

Census Bureau estimates for the last week of December place the US population at around 330,750,000. On Saturday afternoon, the national death toll from Covid-19 reached 331,116, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Covid-19 infections in the US have reached more than 18.7 million.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/26/us/1-in-1000-died-coronavirus-timeline/index.html

That seems to be a crazy high number. I’m not sure how the anti-maskers and COVID-deniers explain away 300,000+ deaths. Are they saying that the deaths didn’t happen and it’s just a made up number? I’m sure the CDC or Johns Hopkins can put a name to all the deceased patients. Or are they saying that these people were going to die anyway since they were old and sick? I wouldn’t care if they were harmless like the flat-earth people, but covidiots are dangerous. By ignoring health rules, they are endangering and infecting those around them with the virus.

As for the 1:1000 number, several cities in Orange County already reached that goal: Los Alamitos at 2.5, Seal Beach at 1.6, and both Anaheim and Santa Ana are at ~1.1 deaths per 1000 population with Fullerton at 0.9. Where I live, City of Orange, is currently at 0.64. The website also lists California at 0.62, Los Angeles County at 0.91, and Orange County at 0.56.

The worst part is that we’re not done yet. The number of cases and deaths will continue to climb since the Christmas and New Year spike is coming in January, and not enough people have been vaccinated yet. The CDC has a webpage for forecast models and it looks like we will hit 400,000 cases by the third week of January.