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Fatality rate in US for 18-49 is 0.02%. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm So using
by senordevnyc 7y ago
Fatality rate in US for 18-49 is 0.02%. Source:
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm
So using your most optimistic number of 0.4%, that’s a fatality rate 20x as high.
And again, you have many comments downplaying the significance of this virus based on your own assessment that it kills young and healthy people at acceptably low rates. What about the billions of people who are older, sick, or have the misfortune of being born in a country without access to decent medical care? Pretty easy to calmly assess relative risks to other people, especially if you get them wrong by a factor of 2000%.
- irq11 7y agoI am concerned about other people. It has no bearing on my advice to you, which is that unless you are old or sick, you should stop posting misinformation to HN, and go breathe into a bag in a dim room. Maybe play some relaxing music and light a candle. (Be careful, though: you’re many hundreds of times more likely to start a fire with the candle than die from covid!)