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There was a fine gentleman that used to have spots in the Rush show during commercial breaks back in the day. It was "the other side of the story" Who was he, am not finding anything on the interweb, not claiming to be the best at this. Thanks to my fellow Freepers and be Blessed! PS: Had to have a web link to post, so why not go with the best.

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%....