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The wikipedia page you reference gives all-age mortality of 0.096% for the US 18-19 flu season. So, with your 0.3%-3% CFR, Covid-19 is three to thirty times as
by Robin_Message 6y ago
The wikipedia page you reference gives all-age mortality of 0.096% for the US 18-19 flu season.
So, with your 0.3%-3% CFR, Covid-19 is three to thirty times as deadly as flu. Call it ten times as deadly; it is also more virulent (R0 of 1.4 vs 3-5 for Covid-19).
That's why it is being treated more seriously than flu.