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I had this thing last year. No biggieDo you have a point?
Maybe you did and probably you didn't
But the fact remains that 20% of those who get it require hospitalization...and a big chunk of those people die
A "big chunk of those people die"? Then it's amazing that the U.S. COVID-19 death rates are so low. According to the latest CDC report, published a few days ago, here are the COVID-19 death rates by age group in the U.S.
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85-plus: 10.4%
75-84: 4.3%
65-74: 2.7%
55-64: 1.4%
45-54: 0.5%
20-24: 0.1%
0-19: 0.0 (no deaths)
The WHO has repeatedly said that their data indicate that about 80% of corona cases are mild and that only about 6% of cases require emergency care.
Our death rates are substantially lower than China's, and their rates are not that high anyway, except for people over 80. Do you know what it means when you have a 0.5% chance of dying from the virus--which is the U.S. death rate for ages 45-54? 0.5 is 0.005, or 5 out of 1,000. Those are very, very small odds.
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