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This is incorrect. The infection fatality rate for COVID-19 is about 0.2% (1 in 500, or 200 per 100,000) for ages 20-40. [1] The baseline death rate for ages 2
by nostrademons 6y ago
This is incorrect. The infection fatality rate for COVID-19 is about 0.2% (1 in 500, or 200 per 100,000) for ages 20-40. [1] The baseline death rate for ages 25-29 is about 100 per 100,000. [2] Getting COVID-19 puts you at roughly triple the chance of death from all other causes combined. It's about 5x the risk of unintentional injury, 12x the risk of suicide, 16x the rate of homicide, 20x the risk of cancer, and 200x the risk from HIV or diabetes.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid#case-fatality-rate-of-covid-19-by-age https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid#case-fatalit...
[2] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/LCWK1_2015.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/LCWK1_2015.pdf p. 4
- myk9001 6y agoYour comment says "The infection fatality rate for COVID-19 is about 0.2%" but you reference "Case fatality rate of COVID-19 by age" as the source. The infection fatality rate and the case fatality rate are two very, very different concepts. "The IFR differs from the CFR in that it aims to estimate the fatality rate in all those with infection: the detected disease (cases) and those with an undetected disease (asymptomatic and not tested group)... The IFR will always be lower than the CFR..." [1] Spanish government's estimates of COVID-19's IFR are[2]: For the age group under 50, the estimated IFR is about 0.003% For the age group 50 - 69 yo, it's 0.04% And for those over 70, it's 4.1% [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate#Terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate#Terminology [2] https://www.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/alertasActual/nCov-China/documentos/ITCoronavirus.pdf https://www.mscbs.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/ccayes/a... Look for the table on page 15