It assumes an overall symptomatic case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.4 percent, roughly four times the estimated CFR for the seasonal flu. The CDC estimates that the CFR for COVID-19 falls to 0.05 percent among people younger than 50 and rises to 1.3 percent among people 65 and older. For people in the middle (ages 50–64), the estimated CFR is 0.2 percent.
Did I just read that right? Under 50 fatality rate is ONE HALF the overall CFR of flu? Now I get that's worse than the flu-for-under-50. But holy SHITE!
And in case you don’t have any underlying pathology and are otherwise healthy, we’ll put a 20-year-old psychopath in your room at the nursing home to give you Covid-19 while he beats you. If you die of a brain hemorrhage from the beating, we’ll count it as dying with Covid-19. Welcome to the brave new world.
You are comparing under-50 COVID to total flu. You need to compare under 50 COVID to under 50 flu. The fatality rate for flu is about 1/3 to 1/4 COVID in all age groups except children < 14. In children the CFR is similar, but children are rarely victims of either and are always very compromised to begin with.