The disease has a 0.65% - 1% Infection Fatality Rate, meaning it has a 99% - 99.35% survival rate. Not 99.99%. If only 0.01% of people died from it, we’d see no more than 33,000 total deaths, start to finish. We have over 600,000.
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The disease has a 0.65% - 1% Infection Fatality Rate, meaning it has a 99% - 99.35% survival rate. Not 99.99%. If only 0.01% of people died from it, we’d see no more than 33,000 total deaths, start to finish. We have over 600,000.
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The over 600K number is inflated due to the polarization of the disease to classify anyone who died *with* Covid as having died *of* Covid. In particularly egregious examples, we have people who died in motor cycle accidents being classified as Covid deaths.
“ We have over 600,000.
Better check with your employer again and get their updated number, which is 5% of your number.
Doesn’t the CDC update your talking points notebook at least monthly??