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by ComputerGuru 2290 days ago
> Regular flu has a .01 death rate, Covid is at .08 right now in Korea and like 4% in Italy.

Dude. You can’t mix units like that. The flu has a 0.095% death rate, S. Korea’s current Covid-19 death rate is 0.7%, and Italy’s rate is around 5%.

You made both the flu and South Korea’s situation out to be ten times worse than they were.

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Actually think they just forgot the % sign, and added extra zeros to flu and Korea numbers. I think they meant to say 0.1% and 0.8%, which isn’t far off.