In what is more media fear-mongering attached to a new model, a death count of 200k Americans is being used to justify further government intervention and controls.
It is good to be cautious, but our economy is locked down, and social unrest is brewing. We cannot continue to live in fear, and the last model which predicted over a million deaths was false.
News outlets have also run with the story that a generic steroid can help those with even the worst cases of COVID-19 overcome the virus. This was used to prop up the stock market today.
The death rate of COVID-19 is estimated to be around 0.26%, with an average age of death around 78. Comorbidities play a large role in death, which is to be expected.
Credits:
Pixabay.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/16/coronavirus-update-us/?outputType=amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/16/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html