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Not 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 peo
by enraged_camel 7y ago
Not 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.