Yup. thats what they are saying..
it’d kill off the weak.. but... Not 90%..
That's my thinking too. I believe we are more resilient than that.
They always point to diabetics as among the first to go.
Speaking from personal knowledge. If all of a sudden I was on fixed rations, my need for refrigerated insulin would be eliminated in about three days.
I would imagine that my experience is more the norm.
Of course, if you are a Type 1 diabetic...not so much.
90% of all Americans ARE weak.
“it’d kill off the weak.. but... Not 90%..”
People on life support. People who require electricity to live; the elderly, people on special medications, etc. Depending on the time of year people will die of heat or cold. Probably as much as 1% of the population could die in a few days or weeks. Commerce will be almost impossible as every sale requires a computer connection and electricity. Many people have zero cash so we could expect food riots and a certain amount of social breakdown.
I’d expect much of local life to be up and running in red states pretty quickly. Chicago, Detroit and LA would dissolve in a dystopian wave of riots, looting and carnage.
All told, we’d probably lose under a million people. The scare figures given to Congress was a bid to get the funding back that they’d lost.
Interesting that they thought a million of so casualties was insufficient to interest Congress.