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Oh, certainly! I meant that the worst case under-30 IFR - the one corresponding with something like 5% overall IFR - is around 0.1%. Something like 0.01% is eas
by DuskStar 6y ago
Oh, certainly! I meant that the worst case under-30 IFR - the one corresponding with something like 5% overall IFR - is around 0.1%. Something like 0.01% is easily within the bounds of possibility from what I understand. (For reference, the death rate for SCUBA divers is ~16/100,000/year - or 0.016%/year. Yes, SCUBA is risky, but it certainly puts things in perspective)
- rootusrootus 6y agoI think we'd all benefit from an effort to put perspective on the risk of this disease. E.g. if everyone knew that the one-time risk from COVID is approximately equal to their annual risk of all-cause death, it would be easier to reason about.