03-20-2020, 02:45 AM
(03-16-2020, 05:56 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: The CDC has H1N1 as 60 million cases in the US causing 12,469 deaths for a %0.02 death rate as opposed to a %2.0 guess for the recent virus. This could cause a very different level of panic. A quick look at the precautions issued by the CDC at the time does not include anything like the shutdowns we are seeing recently.
The death rate of coronavirus is not 2%. It is probably in the neighborhood of .5%, maybe less. The 2% figure is arrived at by only looking at the confirmed cases, instead of the total cases. Most cases are not confirmed, as we are barely testing anyone.