“then why arent we all dead?”
80-85% will have symptoms.
5% will have severe symptoms and many will need hospitalization.
1% will fall into mortality risk based on current statistics.
The ChiCom virus is far more contagious and deadly than the flu.
We do not know if either of those assertions are true. The best we can say at this point is that the unprecedented media hype has made it seem that it is more deadly and contagious than the flu. And in this political climate that is not saying much.
Mortality rate is 3.8% using this mornings CDC data. Based on that number, the projected world death toll will be 231,040,000 figuring 80% of the world population is infected. Its jus gearing up in South America, Africa , and India.