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The comment you're replying to referred to "1% of the people who get it", which has basically nothing to do with CFR. Getting the virus is necessary but far fro
by _-___________-_ 7y ago
The comment you're replying to referred to "1% of the people who get it", which has basically nothing to do with CFR. Getting the virus is necessary but far from sufficient to become a case.
- enraged_camel 7y agoNot quite. 1% of people who get it don't survive when healthcare resources are not strained. But when ICUs fill up, that number starts to skyrocket, because people who need intensive care cannot get it.
- _-___________-_ 7y agoYou're really missing my point. CFR is not the percentage of "people who get it" that don't survive. It's the percentage of "people who get it, get tested, test positive and are thus confirmed as a case" that don't survive. The actual mortality rate, whether ICUs are working or not (they mostly are), isn't known.