[boring_twenties]

> 99.99%

This is an extraordinary claim that runs counter to all available evidence and should be backed up by extraordinary evidence.

[abduhl]

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.11.22269045v... indicates that death rate is less than 0.1 per 1000 for omicron. Sample size is high:

Our analyses included 52,297 cases with SGTF (Omicron) and 16,982 cases with non-SGTF (Delta [B.1.617.2]) infections, respectively

[boring_twenties]

My mistake, I didn't realize you were referring to Omicron specifically (which makes sense). Even so, that is much better than I thought. Thanks for providing the link.

[spookthesunset]

> Even so, that is much better than I thought

I forget the source but survey's suggest the average american thinks if they catch covid they have like a 10% chance of dying. This is in some cases 1000x wrong. People are badly, badly mis-informed on how survivable covid is.

If people knew the actual statistics around covid severity, I don't think we'd be doing any of this at all.

[cameldrv]

These numbers don't add up for the U.S. as a whole. 0.1 out of 1000 of the entire U.S. population has died of COVID just in the past 19 days.

[lambdaba]

Of Covid or with covid? With omnicron being so widespread my sense is it's almost impossible not to catch it in a hospital.

[cameldrv]

You tell me. Cite primary sources.

[abduhl]

You’re the guy arguing with a specific scientific study by using some random general statistic. You tell us.

[cameldrv]

The statistics I'm using are the standard CDC statistics. The question of what proportion of people were dying with or from covid have not been discussed in this thread.