Malaysia vs. USA:
Climate much less favorable for this type virus, than, say, the USA.
Younger, fitter population.
Much better mitigating population than USA. (Most Americans are too arrogant or bullheaded to recognize this.)
Low infection rate (VERY low prior to Delta) > lower virion levels being spread in general, esp. in public places > less severe infections.
Thanks for the rationalization. Of course Malaysia and the US are different.
Malaysia's mortality rate, which you did not contest, stands at 0.0975 %.
In contrast, the United States' mortality rate stands at 0.279%. Over almost twenty six months, the death rate in the US is less than one-third of one percent.
As to the infection fatality rate, also called the case fatality rate, that is efficacious when comparing two or more groups within a population, while the mortality or death rate calculates the actual effect in a given population.
Neither mortality rate is as high as the worldwide hysteria that has driven so much panic and fear would indicate.