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Actually, if you had an equal chance of getting either, then you'd have a much much higher chance of dying from flu, according to current statistics. People rea
by kcolford 7y ago
Actually, if you had an equal chance of getting either, then you'd have a much much higher chance of dying from flu, according to current statistics. People really underestimate how bad the flu is.
- cjbprime 7y agoWhat? No way. Please give a citation. The mortality rate of COVID-19 is estimated at 5x-25x flu (0.7%-3.8% death rate) in all datasets I've seen. (Which of course means that getting coronavirus is 5x-25x more likely to kill you then getting flu.) The WHO's current estimate is at 3.4% mortality, near the top of that scale, as of March 3. > Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected. > https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020 https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-...