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A comment on Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers. Parent comment

Re:Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers by bronipstid on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:47PM (#22620481)
Why not? It's just giving some context to people who may think .2% is a "low" mortality rate.

Thanks for the age specific number. That shows my point even more.

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Re:Covid-19 projects looking for volunteers by ejstronge on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:53PM (#22620561)
Ah, I wasn't sure what point you were trying to make, but I thought the all-age figure understates how much more deadly COVID-19 is compared to influenza.
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