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  • Rush is WRONG- Death Rate Flu vs. Corona Virus

    02/25/2020 10:49:58 AM PST · by DouglasKC · 235 replies
    vanity | 2/25/20 | Self
    I love Rush but he has stated several time today that the death rate of Corona virus is LESS than the death rate of influenza. This is just flat out wrong. From the CDC website Mortality rate of influenza: Deaths per 100,000 population: 2. So the CDC says that for every 100,000 people that get the flu, 2 of them will die from it. What is the mortality rate percentage?: 2 (the number of deaths) divided by 100,000 = .00002, or .002%. The estimated mortality rate of corona (which he is basing on the number out of China = 2-3%....