btw- the death rate in NYC is under .6%: https://nypost.com/2020/03/21/coronavirus-cases-continue-to-rise-in-new-york-and-throughout-us/
The key statistics will soon become available hospital beds, available respirators, and number of HCW infections. That should be compared to the number of infected, and the percentage of the infected that require hospitalization.
Once availability of treatment options becomes limited, you can expect the death rate to increase.
Right now, this information is not being made public
What is so hard to understand about this?
That will climb if they run out of ventilators like Italy.
That is the main concern that a lot of people just aren’t getting.
You know damn well the msm and your local news with be highlighting as many deaths as they can, interviewing grieving family, talking about how this all could have been prevented - but Trump ...
In the U.S we are about two weeks behind Italy and 6-12 weeks from the peak infestation. Comparing statistics with previous outbreaks is almost meaningless at this point.
It would not surprise me to see the US as one of the worst spots, due to: 1) lack of medical supplies (very few have mask to wear), 2) red tape in getting anti-Wuhan medicine approved, and 3) distaste for authoritarian rules. Lets pray this virus evolves into something less lethal and infectious, and for the quick distribution of effective medication.