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by gentleman11 2308 days ago
You have to take into account that 80% of cases are not severe, so you could have it and just think it was the flu. Most people wouldn’t go to the hospital in that case, so that 7.8% figure is not realistic. The WHO numbers (2%) do at least try to take this into account

I’m legitimately confused why we’re seeing these responses make top response on hn. It’s WEIRD