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Re:The Plague of the Poor by lebuffon on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:23AM (#28818224)
This whole area might fall into the Sam Clemens quote: "There are lies, damned lies and statistics"

Since 30 to 40 percent of humans experience no illness with this thing the denominator can be quite different depending on what you use for it. Notwithstanding that...

John's Hopkins Website https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/bda759474...

USA

Total Cases Total Deaths

44,318,179 712,975 1.6%

This is with oxygen support and whatever treatments have been used.

In Mexico where health care seems harder to access

Total Cases Total Deaths

3,720,545 281,958 ~7.6%

So IF you get sick and you don't have modern medicine it's a serious disease.

IF you are one of the lucky 30..40% it's a piece of cake. Flip a coin.

Re:The Plague of the Poor by cymian on Sunday October 10, 2021 @07:44PM (#28823002)
CFR (Case Fatality Rate) is very different than IFR (Infection fatality Rate). Many many more people have been infected but only the more severe cases tend to end up and be counted in the hospitals.
Re:The Plague of the Poor by lebuffon on Monday October 11, 2021 @09:19AM (#28828007)
Yes, especially in a disease with as much as 40% asymptomatic infections.

So if we correct by that 40% factor the USA goes to 1% death rate or roughly 10X influenza.

Mexico becomes 4.5%. Not insignificant.