I don’t get the 0.8 death rate when mortality was 1.8% overall ? and right now is 1.7%. Is that a typo?
Delta didn’t get less deadly. By Jan of this year all nursing home residents and a good portion of elderly were vaccinated, and that would drop the death rate like a rock. As it stands now, over 91% of all seniors are vaccinated. So most deaths this year should be in the ‘younger’ age groups plus the unvaccinated or frail immune system elders.
70% of deaths in 2020 were over 60 and 20% in 45-60s
?? of deaths over 60 in 2021?
No - there are at least three ways to calculate the Fatality Rate.
(1) Using the Confirmed Infection (tested) rate
(2) Using the Total Infection (estimated and non-tested) rate
(3) Using just the Symptomatic Infection rate
The Fatality Rate for influenza each year uses the Estimated Symptomatic Infection rate.
For Influenza, the average annual Fatality Rate is around 0.1%.
In a severe influenza season, the Fatality Rate is around 0.2%.
I do not know how they calculate the 1.8% COVID rate - most likely they use the Confirmed Infection Rate.
The 0.8% and 0.3% COVID rate mentioned in this article most likely comes from the Total Infection (estimated) rate.