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For comparison, a typical flu season is 0.1%. That is incorrect. The worst flu wave to hit Germany in the last 20 years, 2017/2018, killed appoximately 25000 p

by morsch 7y ago

For comparison, a typical flu season is 0.1%. That is incorrect. The worst flu wave to hit Germany in the last 20 years, 2017/2018, killed appoximately 25000 people (excess mortality). That's 0.03%, and it's not typical. Often, the number is much lower. Note also that the results from the Gangelt study you're referring to are preliminary; there's a press release but no paper yet, not even in preprint. https://edoc.rki.de/handle/176904/6253 https://edoc.rki.de/handle/176904/6253

throwaway237683 7y ago
> That's 0.03%, and it's not typical. Often, the number is much lower. 0.03% or 0.1% or 0.66%, the number is low enough to be perceived as not too dangerous by general populace. Contrast that with 13% mortality rate for Italy that was widely spun a month ago. Now _that_ was scary!