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Originally Posted by Donger
They aren't really comparable. That's an influenza mortality rate of 0.00038% COVID-19 is being estimated at 3.4%
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It’s been said 100 times in this thread, but you are conflating mortality rates with case fatality rates. Additionally, that 3.4% is absolute worst case at this early stage and widely known to be overstated considering it doesn’t take into account cases that are undiagnosed. I would bet it ends up less than 1%. Again, that’s not to say that we shouldn’t be paying attention or doing what we can to minimize the effect, but let’s just ease up on the doomsday scenarios being peddled to drive clicks.