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To: Nero Germanicus
In an average year, 0.1% to 0.2% of people with seasonal flu die from it. As of yesterday in the U.S.A. there were 614,117 documented cases of coronavirus and 26,059 people have died. That’s a fatality rate of 4%.

What would the percent by of 61,000 deaths out of 810,000 hospitalizations?

Also to be considered, if tests have mainly been only those with Covid-19 symptoms and often only with a medical pass, while an est. 80% have no symptoms or recover from it without special help, then would not that provide an inaccurate fatality rate since documented

60 posted on 04/15/2020 1:19:00 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212

You can only measure what you know about. A 4% fatality rate in the U.S. is only for known cases and for when an attending physician lists COVID-19 as a cause of death. As of today, 613,886 cases and 26,047 deaths equal 4%.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

For 2019-2020 seasonal flu the latest estimates are 80,000 cases and 1,100 deaths equals 0.013%.
https://www.health.com/condition/cold-flu-sinus/how-many-people-die-of-the-flu-every-year


62 posted on 04/15/2020 3:04:32 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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