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Originally Posted by StevenGilford
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Almost 500 deaths today
I hope everyone now agrees that
COVID-19 is worse than the regular flu. It's now just a case of narrowing in on just
how much worse it is.
The
World Health Organization is reporting a mortality rate of 4.6% based on worldwide confirmed positives and deaths. We know this is likely to be the extreme upper bound of the mortality rate due to under reporting and lack of testing.
In the US
the current mortality rate based on known infections is 1.9%, with the same caveats as above.
On Wednesday March 11th, Fauci told the House Oversight and Reform Committee "COVID-19 is at least 10 times “more lethal” than the seasonal flu" which would be at least a 1% mortality rate.
Still think we are overreacting?