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The real death rate is much lower because 85% of the cases aren't reported.Only 3.71 percent??? Meaning if 10 million people get it 370000 people will die. Whatever are people worried about? By the way that is sarcastic.It is obvious that many Democrats in the news media and in government are trying to tank the economy with reckless fear-mongering about the corona virus in the hope that this will defeat Trump in the election.
You'd never know from watching most major news outlets that so far the death rate from the corona virus has been only 3.71%. As of today, there've been 134,242 cases and 4,968 deaths worldwide, and a substantial majority of those deaths have been among the elderly and among those with seriously compromised immune systems. (Coronavirus Update (Live): 134,327 Cases and 4,969 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer). Among healthy people under the age of 70, the death rate is right around 1%.
In fact, just today, the World Health Organization announced that 80% of the corona virus cases will be mild, based on what we've seen so far (World Health Organization official: 80 percent of coronavirus cases will involve mild symptoms).
From all appearances, the corona virus has begun to run its course in China, as have all viruses in modern times. The number of new cases and deaths in China has dropped dramatically in the last week or so (Why The Death Rate From Coronavirus Is Plunging In China; China’s coronavirus epicentre sees single-digit cases for first time).
But, liberal news outlets continue to broadcast and print stories that emphasize the number of deaths and new cases in this or that place while providing little or no context for those numbers. Liberal news outlets engaged in no such reckless fear-mongering during the 2009-2010 swine flu outbreak, which killed at least 150,000 people worldwide.
Obviously, Democrats in the media and government are using fear-mongering about the corona virus to try to cause a recession and thus defeat President Trump.