1. In the United States, there have been 32.5 million confirmed COVID cases. The rate of deaths from COVID is 17.79 deaths per 1,000 confirmed positive cases. How many people died in total?
2. The year 2017 - 2018 was considered an atypical flu season. Forty-five million people contracted influenza that year, of which 61,000 people are reported to have died from the infection (note: these numbers are not considered final by the CDC and are subject to change upon further analysis). What was the mortality rate for influenza in 2017 - 2019?
3. Comparing the two illnesses, how many more people infected with influenza (45,000,000 total) would have died if the mortality rate were equal to that for COVID-19? Similarly, how many fewer people would have died from COVID (32.5 million total) if the mortality rate were equal to that for influenza from the 2017-2018 season?
4. The government for the state of Michigan has reported that nearly half of the state's adult population (here recognized as 16 and older) has at least received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. If 43.3% of Michiganders have been vaccinated, which accounts for approximately 4,322,662 people, how many total adults are there in Michigan?
5. Given the statistics gathered from the previous question, we can make estimations regarding goals the state needs to meet in order to be considered safe from COVID. The current vaccinated rate needed to establish herd immunity for COVID is currently unknown, but some estimates indicate 80 % as a threshold. If that is the case, how many more people need to be vaccinated for Michigan to achieve herd immunity?