Perspective is an amazing thing. The media and the opposition in an election year has turned coronavirus into a pandemic of epic proportion‘s. However, looking at it purely as a scientist, it is one of the smallest pandemics in the history of virology.
Just looking at pure numbers
Worldwide General Population Mortality Rate 0.0125%
United States Gen POP Mortality Rate
0.052%
By Comparison
1918 Influenza
Worldwide 2.5% Gen Pop Mortality Rate
US 0.65% Gen Pop Mortality Rate
I mean I’m no math major but doesn’t that make the current pandemic 100 times less deadly than what they like to compare it to sometimes?
So why is it being touted as the worse Pandemic ever, buy some, and wouldn’t these numbers argue that the response was outstanding considering? Just curious. I realize it’s all political hyperbole
Just looking at pure numbers
Worldwide General Population Mortality Rate 0.0125%
United States Gen POP Mortality Rate
0.052%
By Comparison
1918 Influenza
Worldwide 2.5% Gen Pop Mortality Rate
US 0.65% Gen Pop Mortality Rate
I mean I’m no math major but doesn’t that make the current pandemic 100 times less deadly than what they like to compare it to sometimes?
So why is it being touted as the worse Pandemic ever, buy some, and wouldn’t these numbers argue that the response was outstanding considering? Just curious. I realize it’s all political hyperbole