In 9.5 months Covid-19 deaths exceed the 3. 5 years total of World War II Combat deaths.  The annual monthly projection is much higher. 

War and/or Disease	Years	Deaths	Annualized
Flu 1918 Would be 2,146,491 todays population	1918-19	675,000	337,500
War on Covid-19 - Deaths Through:	Dec 12, 2020	302,000	375,000 +-?
World War II - Combat	1941–45	291,557	83,302
HIV/AIDS	1981-2020	675,000	17,308
American Civil War US Disease & Other	1861–65	250,000
American Civil War Confederate Disease	1861–65	165,000
World War I - All, disease, etc includes flu	1917--18	116,516
American Civil War US Combat	1861–65	111,000
War on Covid-19 - Deaths Through:	May 27, 2020	102,107
American Civil War Confederate Combat	1861–65	95,000
World War I - Disease mostly Spanish Flu	1917--18	63,114
Vietnam War - All - accidents, disease etc	1955–75	58,220
World War I - Combat	1917–18	53,402
Vietnam War - Combat	1955–75	47,424
War on Covid-19 - Deaths Through:	Apr 18, 2020	37,175
Korean War	1950–53	33,686
American Revolutionary War	1775–83	8,000
Iraq War	2003–11	3,836
Polio	1952	3,000
911	Sep 11, 2001	2,977
War of 1812	1812–15	2,260
War in Afghanistan	2001–present	1,833
Mexican–American War	1846–49	1,733
First Covid-19 Death in US	Feb 29, 2020	1
=- ? Covid death projection - 9.5 months projected 12 months
Likely conservative since deaths are far higher this winter
Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-many-americans-died-in-korea/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
https://www.historynet.com/civil-war-casualties
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

Sarasota Sister Cities Happy Hour Turtle Beach Siesta Key Dec 9, 2020

We were at the Beach yesterday for a Sarasota Sister Cities Happy Hour. Everyone was wearing masks and social distancing outside.  One of our members who was not there is hospitalized and extremely ill from Covid. We are an older demographic and are very careful about Covid. We don't want to unknowingly contract it and spread it to others.

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                                                          Happy Hour Turtle Beach Siesta Key Dec 9, 2020

Click for more photos:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Gt98Ccsq169aD5yS9

Deaths Involving Covid-19

 

Dec 2, 2020
	Deaths involving	Deaths	Percent
Age group	Covid -19	All Causes
All ages	249,570	2,635,214	9.5%
Under 1 year	29	14,843	0.2%
1–4 years	16	2,768	0.6%
5–14 years	44	4,453	1.0%
15–24 years	439	28,554	1.5%
25–34 years	1,852	58,354	3.2%
35–44 years	4,771	82,459	5.8%
45–54 years	12,701	150,178	8.5%
55–64 years	30,875	344,229	9.0%
65–74 years	53,579	523,408	10.2%
75–84 years	67,305	637,516	10.6%
85 years and over	77,959	788,452	9.9%
CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm

More Than 911 !

 

US virus deaths top 3,100 in a single day for the first time

By SAM METZan hour ago

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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Across the U.S., the surge has swamped hospitals with patients and left nurses and other health care workers shorthanded and burned out. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

The U.S. recorded over 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans in the hospital with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the first time and new cases have begun topping 200,000 a day, according to figures released Thursday.

The three benchmarks altogether showed a country slipping deeper into crisis, with perhaps the worst yet to come, in part because of the delayed effects from Thanksgiving, when millions of Americans disregarded warnings to stay home and celebrate only with members of their household.

Across the U.S., the surge has swamped hospitals and left nurses and other health care workers shorthanded and burned out.

COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool

Click for an interesting tool prepared by Georgia Tech that shows the chances of someone in the group having Covid-19 by County and Group size.

https://covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu/

The map on the link shows the risk level of attending an event, given the event size and location.

You can reduce the risk that one case becomes many by wearing a mask, distancing, and gathering outdoors in smaller groups

The risk level is the estimated chance (0-100%) that at least 1 COVID-19 positive individual will be present at an event in a county, given the size of the event.

Chances for a Group of 20 people

Cook County (Chicago, IL)            52%

Sarasota, FL                                  34%

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Or you can take your chances and see what happens. It is possible that if you do get it it won't be too bad and you might not pass it on to your family and friends.