coronavirus...put it into perspective

rexlion wrote:
I'm sorry, but this is simply a fallacy put over on the public by the media so they can throw out higher, more scary stats.

Here's proof.
From Wikipedia:
"Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time."

From reference.com:
"The mortality rate is calculated by taking all the deaths that occurred during a particular time period and dividing that number by the total size of the population during the same time frame."

From Encyclopedia Britannica:
"mortality rate is calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the population at risk during a certain time frame."

https://www.easycalculation.com/medi...calculator.php

There, I've listed 4 good references which show the proper way to figure it, as it has been accepted scientifically and mathematically for many years. If we cannot stick to known facts but re-define facts on the fly to suit ourselves (as the MSM has done), we cannot communicate accurately. The media re-defines "mortality rate" and other terms on a frequent basis, so they can move the goalposts and frighten people into doing what is desired.

From the CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section3.html

There are multiple ways of measuring mortality rate. One of which is for a specific cause:

Cause-specific death rate Number of deaths assigned to a specific cause during a given time interval

Inthis case, cause is contracting covid-19

For the Flu, the mortality rate is 0.1%. This is the mortality rate if you contract the Flu.