Given the deaths in my peer group of known, tested, infected people, the higher number I cited makes more sense.

We shall see as more outcomes continue to be known.

We will get better at tracking that because this virus is more likely to be endemic, forced.

Having some healthy respect for this mess, rooted in basic fear and concern for the future, is just not a bad thing.

As we get better at the data related to chronic complications, that info will also give people a more solid reason to live and work differently. Fact is a whole lot more people than we think will suffer a reduction in overall health too.

Also not a bad thing.

Frankly, I believe the outcome based death rates will fall over time as we improve our will and ability to record outcomes. I do not believe it will end up being fractions of a percent.

I also believe complications, organ damage, etc... will be respectable percentages as we improve on capturing that data.

We are finding immunity does not endure. We are also finding repeat cases can vary widely in severity.

Add in the growing reality of it being endemic, and there is a solid basis for real concern.

Ideally, we all remain able to revisit all this after a full year cycle.