The actual death rate is lower, but we don’t know for sure. Just comparing confirmed deaths with recovered cases yields this.

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Do you know anyone who has died of Coronavirus?

No -- but since we're now abandoning the procedures that have been keeping it (mostly) contained, sooner or later it's probable.

The second wave is coming.

Thank you for being honest. I don’t know anyone who has died from it either. I’ll let you know if that changes.

Remember these right-wing memes from 2-3 months ago? What happened to the constant comparisons to Obama's H1N1 response?

First it was 11 deaths: now it's "no one you know has died." My how quickly the goalposts have shifted.

Tomorrow it will be: Well, only your grandma died, and she was at-risk anyway so we probably shouldn't shed too many tears over her.

Perhaps it is time to admit coronavirus is the real deal and the panic was justified?

Look I was just asking a question I’m trying to figure out how accurate the news is. It has nothing to do with Trump or Obama.

Some conservative in the “politics” stream actually compared confirmed deaths and recovered cases to draw the conclusion Covid-19 wasn’t that deadly which is what prompted me to make this.

No, when you do that, the death rate is actually insane.

It’s lower than that thankfully because there are infections and asymptomatic cases that aren’t recorded. We won’t know exactly what it is until it’s all over.