That’s’ actually an extremely incorrect number. The actual death rate for those who are SYMPTOMATIC is now less than 1%. When you factor in the asymptomatic numbers (which we will never really knwo the full number) is less than 0.02%. And when figured as a death rate vs. total population- you are statistically FAR more likely to die in an auto accicent driving to work than catching and dying from COVID-19.
You are statistically more likely to contract a flu virus and die than COVID-19.
You are statistically more likely to die from violent crime...
0.02% would be two deaths in 10,000 infected. If only 2% of infected people were symptomatic, and 1% of them died, that would get you your 0.02%.
Many more than 2% are symptomatic. Your decimal is in the wrong place.
Right now Covid 19 is the most common new infection in the US, and it is more lethal than this year’s flu. You and I and everyone are more likely to die of Covid 19 than the flu, at least this year.
Right now, my area has 1% of the population confirmed infected, probably at least 10 times as many actually infected. I put my own chances of catching and dying of this disease at about 0.3 in the next year. Still a lot higher than my chance of being murdered, I don’t know about yours.