The coronavirus death rate in the US is almost 50 times higher than that of the flu.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

See how they compare by age bracket.

Though some symptoms of the flu and the coronavirus overlap, comparing the death rates of the two shows just how much worse the coronavirus is.

While about 0.1% of people who got the flu died in the US last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the coronavirus' death rate is currently about 5.2%, based on the reported totals of cases and deaths. That makes the coronavirus' average death rate 52 times higher than that of the flu.

Death rates of both the flu and the coronavirus vary widely between age groups, and both seem to be most fatal among people over 65.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-death-rate-us-almost-222400931.html

[bdamomma]

1. This regime

that continues to murder Americans must be held accountable. Fuck tRump and his minions.

May they pay dearly.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Pretty Much Consistent...

...with what it's been since the numbers got big enough to be meaningful.
As far back as late March, it was at least 40x that of flu.
Now, we know more and it's even worse.
And given the actuarial science folks at insurance companies (I know a handful from 15 to 30 years ago) are scrambling to explain why their models underperformed.
Even when running models that included epidemic impact, there are still more unpredicted deaths than COVID explains.
So, the 50x might even be low.
Could easily be 60.