1 in 598 = population death rate of 0.16%. It just completely rules out that this is anything like the flu. https://twitter.com/epgntxeinstein/status/1254431408040312832">https://twitter.com/epgntxein...

Some people are getting confused in the mentions here about population death rate (share of all pop who die) versus infection fatality rate (share of infected who die). In 2018-2019 flu, CDC estimates 34,200 dead/330M people = pop death rate of 0.01%. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html">https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about...

Also, for folks who think the Bronx is just an outlier: the Bronx is huge. When you’re comparing PDR of 0.16% to 0.01% you might be worried if it was in a small town. Population in the Bronx means it should be very concerning if COVID hits other places hard.