I tend to think 1.6% is a more accurate description. The 4% comes from the CDC and WHO so I take their premises with a huge grain of salt. I’m truly sorry about your brother.
Thank you, my friend. He died long ago, so the pain is no longer raw.
As an odd coincidence, he died on September 5, 1989, and our oldest brother died on September 5, 1990. He had a malignant brain tumor.