Here is why you think the fatality rate is so high. Because testing has only begun and once more testing is done and more people recover, the fatality rate is going way down.
I was just listening to a public health official today and he said he was happy with the results so far and the fatality rate is going to go way down. He predicted it would be in the 0.05 to 0.07 range - less than the flu at 0.10
I mean, talk about gullible and buying the panic stories of the MSM.
If you take Italy, as an example, the average age of those who have died are 81 years old. Italy is the second oldest country on earth next to Japan, which is why their death rate is higher. The article I read said that many of those who died in Italy were sickly to begin with. I don't want to appear to be insensitive, but these are just facts and not hype.
My dad is 91 but in very good health and lives independently at his house, but with an abundance of caution, I'm not going to visit him, just in case. But I think he will be fine. As tragic as it is, the seasonal flu always takes some young and very healthy people, too. It happens every year and you never know why some people succumb and others don't.
So the seasonal flu deaths this year are estimated at up to 80,000 this year and this virus won't come close to that number.
It appears the media has you scared, but don't let them do that to you, you are better than that.
Yes I believe the facts.
The mortality rate has risen to 1.8% as of today. In spite of the optimists predicting the mortality rate would drop as more are tested, the opposite is happening. Earlier this week the mortality was below 1.4%. The flu mortality is 0.1%.