A colleague of mine posted this today - thoughts?
Age 0-50
2x likely to die from flu vs Covid 19
Age 51-64
similar chances of dying from flu as Covid 19 (in a bad flu year)
Age 65+
Covid is 10x worse than flu in terms dying but sits at 1.3%
These rates are based upon SFR - symptomatic fatality rates which means people WITH symptoms. Approximately 35-50% cases are going to be symptomatic which further lowers the above numbers.
Data was pulled directly from the CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
This isn't my post. Like I said, a colleague of mine posted it.
Age 0-50
2x likely to die from flu vs Covid 19
Age 51-64
similar chances of dying from flu as Covid 19 (in a bad flu year)
Age 65+
Covid is 10x worse than flu in terms dying but sits at 1.3%
These rates are based upon SFR - symptomatic fatality rates which means people WITH symptoms. Approximately 35-50% cases are going to be symptomatic which further lowers the above numbers.
Data was pulled directly from the CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
This isn't my post. Like I said, a colleague of mine posted it.