Originally Posted by
gsky
I think it is a knee jerk reaction but the Govt gets blamed for taking too long , then acting quickly. damned if you do, damned if you dont.
However according the worldmeter stats ( which I believe are reasonably accurate??) I think they show the date rate, globally at around 6%. which is one hell of a lot more than your stated .01%
and the UK death rates officially near to 15% so i think this less than 1% often stated needs to be revisited!!
This is the problem with the public perception of Covid-19. People assume that it is far more deadly then it is in actual fact. Yes I will be the first to admit that their are large swaths of society, who as a hole are much more at risk then the average person reading this forum. More so it might not kill you but rather leave you disabled. Having said this the infection fatality
rate (IFR), or colloquially, the death rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently has a best estimate of the fatality rate from 0.26% to 0.65%.
To put this into context seasonal flue has a IFR of 0.1%
So when asked if I fear covid-19 my answer is yes ofcourse I fear it; I fear it 3 times more then I fear the seasonal flue. However I don't feel that it is a worthy cause to sacrifice my job, and or my income.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01738-2
https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconv...-closer-141426