[kuraudo]

That's complete nonsense. If covid wasn't as deadly as we have been reliably informed, then they would not be forcing us to go through these otherwise-draconian and insane mandates or lockdowns.

[benjaminwootton]

I just spent 10 minutes Googling for a good source and surprisingly couldn’t find one. For under 65 say, the fatality rate is well under 1%. This was before vaccines and Omnicron is estimated as 70% lower. We must be well under the IFR of flu already.

[nradov]

The CDC has published estimates of fatality rate by age group.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd...

[hnaccount_rng]

That’s interesting data. Thanks for the link

[_dain_]

I think the person you're replying to was being sarcastic

[tinus_hn]

So how deadly do you think COVID is?

[chana_masala]

> then they would not be forcing us to go through these otherwise-draconian and insane mandates or lockdowns.

Your faith in the government acting benevolently is surprising. There is the phrase "never let a good crisis go to waste"