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> Deadly? Not really, The Delta variant has a case fatality rate in the US of 0.1% for the general population, and 2% for those over 50. That's not nothing.
by q1w2 5y ago
> Deadly? Not really,
The Delta variant has a case fatality rate in the US of 0.1% for the general population, and 2% for those over 50.
That's not nothing. There are a LOT of people over 50 in a hospital.
- nradov 5y agoCase fatality rates are meaningless because the majority of infections are never counted as official "cases". The CDC estimates the fatality rates at 0.6% for the general population. Vaccination cuts that fatality risk way down. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burden.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd... There is no reliable evidence of a higher IFR for the Delta variant.
- op00to 5y agoNow do people who live but whose bodies are destroyed by the virus.