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Comment by simik

US population median age is 39. Fatality rate for people under 40 is <0.2%. Fatality rate of people aged 60+ is >3.6% [1]

So, no, 1.4% and 0.06% sound about right given the age difference.

[1] https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus

parent simik 6 years ago

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