Why Covid 19 death rates are screwed up

[EvMetro]

Why COVID-19 'death rates' are not what they seem

Why COVID-19 'death rates' are not what they seem

Here is an interesting quote from the article...

"That’s why World Health Organization (WHO) officials - who said last week that 3.4% of the people worldwide confirmed as having been infected with the new coronavirus had died - were careful not to describe that as a mortality rate or death rate."

 

[EvMetro]

Note that the risk of dying "if infected" is not the same thing as dying "because infected"

Age of Coronavirus Deaths
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE:
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.

AGE
DEATH RATE
confirmed cases
DEATH RATE
all cases
80+ years old
21.9%
14.8%
70-79 years old

8.0%
60-69 years old

3.6%
50-59 years old

1.3%
40-49 years old

0.4%
30-39 years old

0.2%
20-29 years old

0.2%
10-19 years old

0.2%
0-9 years old

no fatalities

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

YOU! Stop this logic train at the first station. This is a time to panic buy, self quarantine, and lay blame at the feet of those who may or may not deserve it!

 

[EvMetro]

Since most people get mild symptoms that are not worth a trip to the doctor, there is no way to account for them. This should screw up the death rate and mortality rate calculations.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It's best not to give paid dembots any attention. They built this hoax on the back of a very mild flu. They will crash the economy and paralyze the entire country to get at Trump.