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It is important to differentiate terminology here. According to DDG (which closely aligns with Google's results) the case fatality rate, the ratio of deaths to
by lambda-11235 6y ago
It is important to differentiate terminology here. According to DDG (which closely aligns with Google's results) the case fatality rate, the ratio of deaths to confirmed case, is 3.5%. For the death rate, the ratio of deaths relative to population size, is 0.01%.
Confirmed Cases: 21,991,954
Deaths: 777,018
World Pop.: ~7,800,000,000
Case Fatality Rate = Deaths/Confirmed Cases = ~3.5%
Death Rate = Deaths/World Pop. = ~0.01%
- aktenlage 6y agoIt would be ridiculous to assume the Deaths/World Population figure is the risk for yourself. That's similar to claiming that, because only 93% of all humans ever born have died so far, your risk of dying is 93%. It may be mathematically sound, but completely ignores the context of the problem: That for the living/not-yet-infected the result is still outstanding.
- Peepootoler 6y agoUnfortunately your risk of dying is 100%.
- gadders 6y agoCase Fatality rate in the uk is ~1.5%, and still dropping: https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/the-declining-case-fatality-ratio-in-england/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/the-declining-case-fatality-ra... It is also very strongly correlated with pre-existing conditions and age.