Apples and oranges.
The mortality rate for coronavirus is 18 times that of the flu. That’s a fact.
Flu season is winding down. Coronavirus is revving up.
Here are some facts:
The actual mortality rate of Covid-19 is UNKNOWN, because the actual number of infections is unknown.
The reported mortality rate of Covid-19 is grossly OVERSTATED, because the denominator only includes confirmed cases, which represent only a small fraction of actual cases. For every one case that’s been confirmed, there may be hundreds or even thousands, who have been infected, but whose symptoms are either nonexistent, or are indistinguishable from allergies, a cold or the flu.
Basing the mortality rate of Covid-19 on confirmed positives, is like basing the mortality rate of the common cold on “confirmed colds” - hardly anyone goes to the doctor for a common cold!
This scary “mortality rate” you alarmists are touting is being revised downward as we speak.