“The answer is between one and 5%. 41% of Democrats thought it was over 50%, another 28% put the chances at 20 to 49.”
I think the answer is a hell of a lot lower than 1 to 5%!!
I still haven’t met a single person who had to be hospitalized - and even though many people were hospitalized - there are still plenty of questions regarding what constitutes a “need” to be hospitalized, how many people were needlessly hospitalized for Covid, and how many were hospitalized for other reasons who happened to have covid, or assumed have had it.
About 40% of COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic; they show no symptoms at all. Another 40% show mild symptoms, similar to a cold or allergies, and require no medical intervention. About 20% of infections result in at least a visit to the doctor. 5% require hospitalization. 3% of COVID-19 infections result in ICU admittance. 0.65% of COVID-19 infections result in death.
Those are the general numbers provided from studies in multiple countries, including the US, based on data from serology testing and studies where blanket (e.g. whole town) testing was performed. It matches data from other controlled settings such as cruise ships.