It is dramatically overhyped and also blown way out of proportion. While I don't think it is a hoax, I think people are overreacting in every way imaginable, including our so called "leaders".
The recent Stanford University antibody study now estimates that the fatality rate if infected is likely 0.1 to 0.2 percent, a risk far lower than previous World Health Organization estimates that were 20 to 30 times higher and that motivated isolation policies.
In New York City, an epicenter of the pandemic with more than one-third of all U.S. deaths, the rate of death for people 18 to 45 years old is 0.01 percent, or 11 per 100,000 in the population. On the other hand, people aged 75 and over have a death rate 80 times that. For people under 18 years old, the rate of death is zero per 100,000.
Of all fatal cases in New York state, two-thirds were in patients over 70 years of age; more than 95 percent were over 50 years of age; and about 90 percent of all fatal cases had an underlying illness. Of 6,570 confirmed COVID-19 deaths fully investigated for underlying conditions to date, 6,520, or 99.2 percent, had an underlying illness. If you do not already have an underlying chronic condition, your chances of dying are small, regardless of age. And young adults and children in normal health have almost no risk of any serious illness from COVID-19.
Americans are now desperate for sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts.
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This is like asking someone, "If you knew you could go to Vegas and bet all your money and your odds were 99% that you would win the jackpot, would you do it?"
The answer is a resounding yes...unless you're an idiot.
What I am getting at here is that your odds are very good you aren't going to die from this. Do you personally know anyone who has died from it? I don't. I'm 99.9% certain me, my wife, and my kids had it, and we're okay.
My advice to everyone is if YOU feel unsafe, YOU stay at home.
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