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by benjaminwootton 1638 days ago
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.
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The CDC has published estimates of fatality rate by age group.

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

That’s interesting data. Thanks for the link
I think the person you're replying to was being sarcastic