“And despite that, some 83% (82.7% – 83.9%) of the passengers never got the disease at all”
So millions are going to suffer huge financial loss and we may end up with a rat POTUS who will bring more misery than we cam imagine because of a disease with an infection rate of 17% under ideal conditions. MSM’s demise is greatly exaggerated.
Unfortunately, there is no downside to exaggerating the severity of the COVID-19 epidemic. The people who are screaming “Fire!” in the crowded theater of our society know full well that we will have forgotten their screams when this virus burns itself out.
Similarly, there is no upside benefit to speaking rationally about the risks of contracting the virus or the likelihood of a serious health consequence. Even though the demographics of infection are pretty clear by now, there does not seem to be much appetite for the calls for calm. We can all see that President Trump's message of calmly limiting risk are met with derision by the pea-brained members of the chattering class. Yes, there is a large measure of TDS involved, but it is also the foundational principal of mass-media that panic sells newspapers, so they continue to throw gasoline on the bonfire of our fears and insecurities.