How in hell is it that the CDC's new best estimates of symptomatic case fatality rate are not the top story in America every day all day? Symptomatic case fatality rate at 0.4%. If you assume -- as CDC does -- that 35% of cases are asymptomatic, you're looking at CFR 0.26%.
What does that mean? Well, let's compare it to the never-to-be-named seasonal flu, by age. Again, all stats via CDC (chart via Business Insider).
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