To be fair, in the beginning the policy was to intubate and put on ventilator. This had a 97.2% chance of ending in death. So "1 in 8" was possibly true for the

To be fair, in the beginning the policy was to intubate and put on ventilator. This had a 97.2% chance of ending in death. So "1 in 8" was possibly true for the cases of people in the beginning who were both very susceptible to catching a respiratory disease in conjunction with 4 - or more - comorbidities.