Astonishing @cdcgov report: the best CDC estimate for the death rate for #sarscov2 is ~1 in 400 infections, or ~ 1 in 3,000 for people under 50. The figures are here: a 0.4% death rate for symptomatic cases, but 35% of infections cause no symptoms at all. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html

That’s about 2.5-5x the generally accepted death rate for the most flu strains, roughly comparable to a once-a-generation flu year (NOT the Spanish flu)- though the flu is much more deadly to children.

Shutting down the world has never made more sense!