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Originally Posted by benlee
The lethalness of the virus is not how high the fatality rate but its supposedly virulence, ie how easily it can spread. On average, the virus kills anywhere from 2-5% of the people it infects ( depending on demographic, healthcare quality etc ). So a country of say 20 million, which if the outbreak is left unchecked, the virus will eventually infect around 50% of the population. And that will result in 200,000 to 500,000 deaths.
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It kills FAR less than 2-5%. That number fails to account for the many thousands on undetected cases out there. People who get it and get over it no problem and they just think they had a cold.