[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.

[abduhl]

This is the relevant portion of your post:

0.1 out of 1000 of the entire U.S. population has died of COVID just in the past 19 days.

You are the first person to assert “of” COVID. Substantiate it. Cite primary sources.