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		CDC: Low Covid-19 Lethality (cdc.gov)
		1 point by yters on June 8, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

yters on June 8, 2020 [–]

The CDC reports covid-19 lethality is most likely 0.4%.

For comparison, the flu each season has a lethality around 0.13%.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

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