[mentat]

How can you look at rate and range of mutation and make blithe comments on how many will die based on original covid rates?

[mwint]

It’s the best we have, and history shows that this stuff gets more infectious but less fatal.

[nicoburns]

History shows that this stuff usually gets more infectious but less fatal, but there are examples of it working otherwise. The early 20th century "Spanish Flu" being one example where it got considerably more fatal (esp. for younger people).