News Articles Showing Coronavirus Death Rate (very Low!)

They managed to take a few seconds away from the fear mongering, to mention the actual numbers:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-20/coronavirus-serology-testing-la-county

The mortality rate is based on the number of confirmed infections; the higher the number of infections, the lower the fatality rate. Both studies estimated a mortality rate of 0.1% to 0.2%, which is closer to the death rate associated with the seasonal flu.


99% of Those Who Died From Virus Had Other Illness, Italy Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says


From A Top Medical Journal:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMe2002387?articleTools=true

This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.


It's time to tear down the plexiglas, end the lockdowns, and get people back to work!