You are probably right, but I think a NATO response would become more likely if Russia used CW on a massive scale. FWIW, Russia is a party to the CWC, and destroyed its former CW stockpile under the … (View Post)

Maybe the fallout radiation will kill off COVID? c.f. The Great Fire of London and the plague (View Post)

It is actually 0.0027, or 0.27%. You forgot to multiply by 100 to get to %. Now, of course, you will post an entirely different point to avoid this inconvenient fact. (View Post)

The death rate is not calculated that way. If you're looking at today's death rate, the denominator is new cases about 2 weeks ago, not new cases today. (View Post)

That holds in general but NOT for COVID. For it to hold true, the high IFR has to adversely impact transmission. But SAR-CoV-2 is transmitted before serious morbidity and mortality sets in, so there … (View Post)