Case Fatality Rate - 0.4% (For Confirmed Infections)
Case Fatality Rate - 0.15% (For Total Estimated Infections)
A Case Fatality Rate of 0.15% equals an average flu season.
Calculations...
1,149 (Deaths) divided by 267,269 (Confirmed Cases) = 0.004
CDC Estimated Total USA Infections - 2.8 X 267,269 = 748,000
1,149 (Deaths) divided by 748,000 (Total Estimated Cases) = 0.0015
Yeah it’s nuts. I can’t tell if it’s because they want to spread fear or if it’s because the people in charge are in the highest risk groups. We are led by a bunch of octogenarians. Not that there is anything wrong with making it to 80. God bless ‘em all. But these leaders we have are facing their mortality and not handling it well.
Wrong denominator. Divide only by the 56 million 65+ population. The rest largely not at risk.