We do not know the death rate for coronavirus. We only know the death rate from confirmed cases. We do not know how many people are getting it, recovering, and never knowing they had it. Therefore we cannot (yet) know the death rate. Maybe we'll get a better handle on it in the future.
The death rate from confirmed cases in places where the healthcare system is inadequate is even higher. Again, that is not necessarily due to the nature of the virus, it's likely due to the nature of the outbreak in that particular place/region.
We just don't know a whole lot yet. But because it is so infectious, the odds are high that a large number of people will have it and never know it, and will certainly never be tested.
But can you not say all the same facts for the common flu i.e
Only knowing confirmed cases, people having it and not knowing (33% of those with the flu are asymptomatic)?
Yes. But for corona, they're only giving us known cases and known fatalities. So the mortality rate looks higher. Sorry if I'm not clear. More is known about the flu, so we can make informed estimates about total number of people who have it, even though the vast majority are not tested. We're not there yet with corona.
We do not know the death rate for coronavirus. We only know the death rate from confirmed cases. We do not know how many people are getting it, recovering, and never knowing they had it. Therefore we cannot (yet) know the death rate. Maybe we'll get a better handle on it in the future.
The death rate from confirmed cases in places where the healthcare system is inadequate is even higher. Again, that is not necessarily due to the nature of the virus, it's likely due to the nature of the outbreak in that particular place/region.
We just don't know a whole lot yet. But because it is so infectious, the odds are high that a large number of people will have it and never know it, and will certainly never be tested.
But can you not say all the same facts for the common flu i.e Only knowing confirmed cases, people having it and not knowing (33% of those with the flu are asymptomatic)?
Yes. But for corona, they're only giving us known cases and known fatalities. So the mortality rate looks higher. Sorry if I'm not clear. More is known about the flu, so we can make informed estimates about total number of people who have it, even though the vast majority are not tested. We're not there yet with corona.
They use estimates for number of flu cases. I don't know how they arrive at them.