Originally Posted by
LoungeLizardHugo
Bottom line- if you are in a vulnerable cohort then stay the f home. Otherwise accept life's risks and get on with your life. We now know for a fact the death rate of COVID-19 was originally wildly overstated, and is now determined as on par or less with the USA flu epidemic of 1957/58.
Both selfish and factually incorrect. There is a significantly higher death rate from Covid-19 than H2N2 (1957). The CFR for the world (and USA) at 6%. The IFR is likely to be significantly less given the number of asymptomatic cases but studies such as the one done recently in Spain suggest there are a lot less untested cases than we thought so the IFR is likely to be higher than expected. Expected IFR is between 1-2%.
The CFR of the H2N2 pandemic was 0.6%. So Covid-19 is currently 10x higher death rate using CFR. Covid fatality rates are likely to come down as things settle but to suggest they are the same as the 1957 pandemic is plain wrong.