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I believe the "1 in 100 odds of dying in a car crash" is during your lifetime, not per annum. If you look at the likelihood of death from an auto accident in a
by rescripting 6y ago
I believe the "1 in 100 odds of dying in a car crash" is during your lifetime, not per annum. If you look at the likelihood of death from an auto accident in a given year its more like 1 in 8,300. [1]
Because COVID will (hopefully) become less threatening over time as the pandemic resolves the lifetime odds of death from it will be lower.
[1] https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-mortality-risk#Odds%20Of%20Death%20In%20The%20United%20States%20By%20Selected%20Cause%20Of%20Injury,%202018%20(1) https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-mortalit...
- empath75 6y agoI think the average American probably has close to a 1 in 500 chance of dying of corona virus in the next two years (although that’s not evenly distributed by age to say the least). That’s assuming 20% of people catch it and I think that’s fairly conservative.