New Yorkers should expect that half the city’s population will get coronavirus by the time the pandemic runs its course, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday
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If half of the city does get infected, that would add up to 4.2 million people contracting the virus. Eighty percent of those infected are expected to have relatively mild cases, while roughly 20 percent are likely to be hospitalized. “I know the morgues push a really strong emotional button, obviously. We’re all humans. It’s a very troubling thing to see, and it makes it very immediate, very visceral,” de Blasio said. “It’s going to be very, very painful.”— are under the age of 50.The number of infections has continued to grow despite a statewide shutdown of non-essential businesses and ban on gatherings.
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