07-07-2020, 01:59 PM
(07-07-2020, 11:39 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I do think we will have a much truer death rate by September/October which my best guess now will show it is no more deadly than the flu when the tests are completed.
What makes you say this?
Evidence from populations where almost 100% have been tested, like on the cruise ship Diamond Princess, seem to indicate that the death rate is at least 0.5% which is five times more deadly than the flu.
And, of course, almost half of the US population takes flu shots to protect them, so even if the death rate is the same Covid-19 would be twice as deadly because their is no vaccine to protect half the population.