> The data so far suggests that the virus has a case fatality risk around 1%; this rate would make it several times more severe than typical seasonal influenza and would put it somewhere between the 1957 influenza pandemic (0.6%) and the 1918 influenza pandemic (2%).
That was a little shocking to read. I had no idea the 1918 influenza pandemic was only 2%. I lost relatives to it, assumed it was a larger percentage than 2%.
That was a little shocking to read. I had no idea the 1918 influenza pandemic was only 2%. I lost relatives to it, assumed it was a larger percentage than 2%.