In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated in May that the coronavirus
kills about 0.26 percent of the people it infects, about 1 in 400 people
. New estimates from Sweden suggest that only 1 in 10,000 people under 50 will die from the virus, compared to 1 in 14 of people over 80 and 1 in 6 of those over 90.
The only numbers that really matter are the ratios of those with Co-V Antibodies to those that die directly from Co-V.
Unlike some other countries,
the United States still hasn’t completed a national random antibody study — yet another way in which our public-health establishment has failed to get the data we need to make good decisions about lockdowns. But some counties, states and countries have.
Those studies consistently show that far more people have been infected with and recovered from the coronavirus than suggested by data from tests that only measure current infections.
In other words, while the CDC reports 2.34 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus,
the actual number of infected and recovered people may be closer to 50 million. (
CDC Director Robert Redfield told journalists Thursday that the number of cases may be 10 times higher than the earlier 2.34 million.)
Thus, the death rate, which would be 5.2 percent based on that 2.34 million figure, is actually more like one-20th as high — or
0.26 percent.
https://nypost.com/2020/06/25/getting-realistic-about-the-coronavirus-death-rate/
