the fatality rate is nowhere near as high as some alarmist make it out to be, higher than flu but not like some are reporting. That is why no one, zero, repeat 0 under the age of 10 has died anywhere in the world but that doesn’t get attention.
The country that has done the most testing that can be relied upon is S Korea , they have tested well over 250,000 and have 7,869 cases and 66 deaths for a fatality rate of .008 or less than 1%. That is more than the flu but nothing like what some are reporting here and in the news.
As a matter of fact if you add up the top 15 countries with reported cases excluding China, Italy and Iran ) you get over 20,446 cases and 247 deaths for a fatality rate of .012-about 1%. Probably lower and more in line with S Korea as many cases are even more mild. As more test are done you will see more confirmed cases and death rate dropping as it already has started to do that’s because it is more mild than reported for most people.
So, based on that...what should the government and health care systems be doing?
It’s a serious question.