I don’t think the mortality rate is as high as the panic-mongers are saying. The internet-enhanced MSM hypes everything these days.
In the densely populated areas of the NE US, every snowstorm is made to sound like the end of the world. It’s all to get eyeballs. Media outlets who don’t join the hype-fest risk being ignored.
I hope you are correct, but the stats from the resolved cases, resolved by death, vs resolved by recovery are worrisome.
People die more often than they recover. 53-54% fatalities. Granted, this is a bit skewed by these being the sickest cases, but I worry that the big slug of sick people right behind them will have a similar outcome in time.