prior to this the death rate in stories i read seem to range between 1 and 2.5 percent. Just from memory and my reading.
You’re right. I think what we’re seeing is people not being tested for the virus until they’re extremely ill & dying. Then all of a sudden, you get death rates higher than infection rates. Now that they know it’s there, they’ll start testing more people and using better methods of treatment & isolation. SO the case fatality rate should come down.
Having medical staff passing it on to patients before they realize that it’s already among them is really bad.