[BobL]

For most people that’s true - no worse than the flu. It’s the other 20% of the infected population that’s collapsing healthcare systems around the world.

[paterfamilias]

“For most people that’s true - no worse than the flu. It’s the other 20% of the infected population that’s collapsing healthcare systems around the world.”

Correct.

[brookwood]

This research study puts the case mortality rate at 1.3% and the infection mortality rate at .67%. That’s about 7 times worse that the seasonal flu, which kills about 40,000 per year. It’s not just the flu it’s 7 times deadlier. And possibly more contagious.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30243-7/fulltext

[FroedrickVonFreepenstein]

... collapsing healthcare systems around the world.

Hyperbole much? Look, just be smart and wash your hands. Those pearls you’re clutching may be contaminated.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

For most people that’s true - no worse than the flu. It’s the other 20% of the infected population that’s collapsing healthcare systems around the world.

Worth repeating.