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0.2% mortality is the rate for people under 60. 0.1% rate for flu is considering all ages. If you remove over 60, the death rate for flu is something like 0.002
by remote_phone 6y ago
0.2% mortality is the rate for people under 60. 0.1% rate for flu is considering all ages. If you remove over 60, the death rate for flu is something like 0.002%. So for an equivalent age group coronavirus is 100x more deadly.