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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: sylvester80 who wrote (1219150)4/11/2020 11:42:20 AM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (2) of 1576683
 
Any scientist or statistician worth his salt will tell you the death rate is NOT 3.7%. That death rate is based on classic selection bias, in that the only people tested are people who have experienced symptoms serious enough to get approved for testing. But everyone knows that 80% of the people who get this virus are either asymptomatic or experience very mild symptoms. These people have never been tested.

In Germany where far more people have been tested, including those who are asymptomatic, the mortality rate is closer to 0.1%, which is almost exactly like the seasonal flu. When our scientists in the US begin to do a true randomized sampling and testing of the general population, to include people with and without symptoms, who may or may not have COVID, then we'll know the true mortality rate. The probability is very high the true mortality rate will be very similar to that of the seasonal flu.

Once again, with your post, you have confirmed you are an idiot.
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