This is the only thread I've read with actual exchange of ideas. This is all my interpretation. How many people catch the flu and recover each year as compared to the death rate. I have no data and it would be impossible to find out as only the severe cases present to hospital. The death rate is a low percentage. Now the media talks about the infected rate of corona virus, then the death rate, then the recovery rate and works out the fatality rate on deaths compared to infected. To my thinking that's premature, shouldn't it be recovered compared to deaths? If you look at that on 12/03/2020 the published figures are 66687 have recovered and 4591 people have died (RIP) that puts the percentage at 6.88%. I have been using that calculation all along and it has climbed from 6.1%. This virus is very contagious and even recovered patients succumb to it. My question is, is that a sensible way to look at the fatality rate?
