When? You are mistaken. If ever I implied 98% it was a typo, ever since I've been here I have always stated 99 or 99+% survivability.Sigh.... again with the math. You said 98% survive. That implies 2% don't.
How low, do you think? What do you think the actual number is?
The actual number of people who have had Covid in the US easily exceeds 100 million. Likely beyond 150 million. That puts the mortality rate well below 1%.