New CDC data about Coronavirus

[Brickjectivity]

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

The good news is that fatality rates are supremely low for all age categories!

The bad news is that 40% of all infected don't know it, so they are unknowingly infectious.

 

[sun rise]

Per a doctor friend of mine, CDC has been corrupted and the numbers etc are unreliable. I'm paying attention to excess deaths over expected death rates as one measure. And charts like these:

 

[Daemon Sophic]

Currently in the US, there are just over 8 million people infected with the SARS-CoV-2, and just over 220,000 deaths. This gives a case fatality rate of 2.75%. The CDC report in the OP shows a 5.4% fatlity rate in those over 70 years old, and a much lower rate in the younger sections of the population.
Sucks to be old.

Best chance for everyone? Wear a mask, social distance, and don’t get infected.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Currently in the US, there are just over 8 million people infected with the SARS-CoV-2, and just over 220,000 deaths. This gives a case fatality rate of 2.75%. The CDC report in the OP shows a 5.4% fatlity rate in those over 70 years old, and a much lower rate in the younger sections of the population.

Death isn't the only thing this can do. "Long covid," as it's known, is some scary chronic stuff (reminds me a lot of the fibromyalgia and IBS syptoms I have) that is the result of damage to the body from hyperactive inflammation brought up by a kamikazi auto-immune response.
‘Long Covid’ Makes the Pandemic Even Scarier

Sequelae are the aftereffects of a disease. Encephalopathy is sickness of the brain. But “brain fog” is just one sequela, or potential long-term condition, of Covid-19 being observed. Others include damage to the heart, lungs or nervous system, as well as general aching and fatigue. The possible consequences also include a lasting loss of smell (anosmia) or taste (ageusia), and more.

'Long Covid': Why are some people not recovering?
What is 'long COVID' and how does it affect those who experience it?

However, more and more people have come forward to report that they experience symptoms for many weeks or months after the illness is meant to subside.

This phenomenon appears to be so widespread that it now has a name: “long COVID.”

The people it affects — who sometimes call themselves “long-haulers” — experience either flare-ups or continuous symptoms of illness, from fever to headaches, to anosmia, known as a loss of smell, and fatigue.

Many say this prolonged illness severely impacts their lives, often leaving them unable to cope with work or enjoy activities.

What is worse, they often receive little to no support from healthcare professionals, who are either baffled by their patients’ persistent symptoms and at a loss as to how to relieve them or dismissive of the phenomenon altogether.