You missed a decimal. CDC says the seasonal flu death rate is about 0.1%.

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Mar 26, 2020
12:26:48am

chilango Intervention Needed

You missed a decimal. CDC says the seasonal flu death rate is about 0.1%.

The Spanish flu back in 1918 did have a death rate of 2%, which is one reason it killed ~50 million or so.

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Originally posted on Mar 26, 2020 at 12:26:48am

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Remember when South Korea’s death rate was 0.5% with extensive testing, and many

chilango

3/25/20 10:55pm

131 deaths in the whole country??? How many millions of people live in SK?

kotacoug

3/25/20 10:57pm

They’ve done a remarkable job of containing the outbreak. Probably better than

chilango

3/25/20 11:00pm

I think as you see Covid run it’s course most countries

kotacoug

3/25/20 11:10pm

The US has a major obesity problem though, and obesity is a complicating factor

ryebrye

3/26/20 5:55am

Is your point “I’m right, you’re wrong”? Because that’s how you framed it.

StantonMac

3/25/20 10:57pm

I see many posts that assume death rates will drop as testing continues, and the

chilango

3/25/20 10:59pm

Among the tested. That is the death rate.

RalphWiggam

3/25/20 11:00pm

They’ve had the largest and most comprehensive testing program of any country

chilango

3/25/20 11:02pm

It is a country of 50 million people. Of course they haven’t caught everyone.

RalphWiggam

3/25/20 11:05pm

Exactly. SK is probably showing what that true mortality rate is for the virus.

kotacoug

3/25/20 11:14pm

How many tests have been negative??

AZPTCOUG

3/25/20 11:00pm

They’ve done a great job of containing the virus. But my post was about the

chilango

3/25/20 11:03pm

Early on everyone and their mother got tested. Once the data was available then

jholling

3/25/20 11:07pm

If we get to 400,00 known and 1.5% die

BYU71

3/25/20 11:07pm

Direct from cdc flu...has 2% death rate and infects millioms

3/26/20 12:24am

You missed a decimal. CDC says the seasonal flu death rate is about 0.1%.

chilango

3/26/20 12:26am

So still less than the flu kills every year? Just asking why we're ok with that

ManicBlue

3/26/20 1:35am

BM NYC and New Orleans

chilango

3/26/20 1:46am

Are you saying they're approaching 23,000 deaths already? Because that's where

ManicBlue

3/26/20 2:32am

I’m saying that when those hospitalizations and deaths happen all at once, it is

chilango

3/26/20 8:11am

I get that but the focus and panic being caused by this new virus is also

ManicBlue

3/26/20 10:53am

Is your point that no one knew anything then and no one knows anything now, even

kcca

3/25/20 11:22pm

Sure, I don’t disagree that we don’t know a lot and have much to learn about

chilango

3/25/20 11:26pm

Us Death rate up to about the same 1.5% when previously was hovering closer to

akmewg

3/25/20 11:41pm

You do know that the percentage is based on those tested, right?

byu1

3/25/20 11:41pm

Yes, which is why people have been watching South Korea so closely. They have

chilango

3/25/20 11:48pm

You guys all calculate death rate incorrectly. If a patient still actively has

kimdaddy35

3/26/20 2:58am

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