Confused

[Snorkster]

If I say 1 out of 1000 people will die of a virus, is it the same as saying 999 out of 1000 will survive?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

If I say 1 out of 1000 people will die of a virus, is it the same as saying 999 out of 1000 will survive?

Does surviving include:

• being bed-ridden for rest of life
• being hooked to ventilator for rest of life
• etc..

On the other hand "die"-ing very definitive - heart stopped, case closed. What do you think...

 

[Steven G]

Well it comes down to this. If you do not die, did you survive?

 

[Romsek]

The 999 that don't die of a virus could die by some other means.

For that matter everyone dies eventually. How do you define survive?

 

[Steven G]

For that matter everyone dies eventually.

Oh no, I thought that was a myth.