Originally Posted by
stimpy
Yes I get that, but the predictions (guesses) of just a few days ago that the US had thousands of infected people would result in some rise in deaths. And people dying in the hospital are, I believe, tested in post mortem. So they should know.
Estimates of death rates are based on an accurate (at least reasonably) count of the number of cases. We really don't have that in the US, not even close in fact. Estimates were still about 0.1% until not long ago and they might still be there.