The point is, it is early in the cycle and using the 2.2% figure is misleading. Without a doubt, the 60% figure is misleading - even assuming China has started telling the truth on their numbers.
The fatality rate is not a very certain number at all in this part of the cycle. While more comforting though, the 2.2% figure and the 60% figure are similarly uncertain, since the 2.2% figure is more based upon the spread rate than it is the actual fatality rate.
Because fatality rate means how many die OUT OF HOW MANY WERE SICK.
I getYOU now. Indeed the sample size is too small now to really know.
However, many on FR are promoting death/recovery ratio as the actual fatality rate, which it is definitely not!
Sorry, I did not realize where you were going with your comments.