Virus totals are meaningless

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Who wants to bet that the “total cases” and “total deaths” ticker that’s been plastered on CNN for the past six months will suddenly vanish on Nov. 4?

As with pretty much everything else related to the coronavirus, the reporting on total cases and deaths serves to do nothing more than keep the public in panic. The numbers at this point are essentially meaningless.

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