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A 1% death rate in people without known complications (even 0.2% which seems pervasive in every age group) is orders of magnitude higher than for instance flu.
by consp 7y ago
A 1% death rate in people without known complications (even 0.2% which seems pervasive in every age group) is orders of magnitude higher than for instance flu. And it spreads easily and is contagious before symptoms. Sounds like something you should be aware of.
- nik_s 7y agoActually, multiple orders of magnitude...The Flu has a mortality rate of 2 per 100k [1]. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm [edited - reformatted numbers to avoid localization issues]
- LegitShady 7y agoCommas and decimals are not interchangeable
- collyw 7y agoThey are if you switch between Spanish and English.
- LegitShady 7y agoDon't design planes.
- d3ckard 7y agoAnd US doesn’t set worldwide standards for their use.
- microtherion 7y agoThat's 2 per 100k of the overall population, not 2 per 100k who get sick.
- qayxc 7y ago>The Flu has a mortality rate of 2 per 100k Nope, it doesn't. Mortality rate is not the same as annual deaths per capita. The number you quoted refers to the same context as traffic-related deaths per 100,000 population, which is 3.1 per 100,000 in the UK. This doesn't mean that if you are in traffic-related incident, you only have a 0.0031% of dying! Same with influenza - the mortality rate is 0.1%-0.15% (average season) up to 1.25%-5% (pandemic flu) [1] [1] https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ops/hsc-scen-3_flu-pandemic-deaths.htm https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ops/hsc-scen-3_flu-p...