The WHO never said the infection fatality rate is 3.4%. Here's the actual transcript the number is taken from: https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-direc

The WHO never said the infection fatality rate is 3.4%. Here's the actual transcript the number is taken from: 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-... > Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. They said that 3.4% of REPORTED cases had died, which was true at that point. > Most thinkers I know and follow widely believe this to be the case as well, it also passes the common sense test. 0.015% of the Swedish population has died so far from the coronavirus. On the other hand ~0.15% of NYC has already died from the coronavirus. If the majority of the Swedish population is already infected, why is the death rate only 1/10th that of NYC? How does that pass the "common sense test"?