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posted ago by friedchicken ago by friedchicken +22 / -0

Ah math... So relentless, so sweet:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/mortality-overview.htm

Look at "Death by Age": 2.5% of deaths due to coronavirus this past week were among those under the age of 45.

The coronavirus has a generally accepted 1% case-fatality rate.

For those of us under the age of 45, a very simple calculation (1% of 2.5%) yields a 0.025% chance of dying from coronavirus. That number grows smaller if you're a reasonably healthy individual.

0.025%

Zero-point-zero-two-five percent.

I'm just going to leave this here.

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Jon888 2 points ago +2 / -0

It was like 94% had co-morbidities. So if you have no underlying conditions that could exacerbate getting the flu, you have a number so close to 0 it's not worth mentioning.