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What? 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 cou
by cjbprime 7y ago
What? 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-...