How can a disease with a 1% mortality rate shut down the U.S? Answered by Franklin Veaux:

[RVN VET71]

104. Per WHO 20% of afflicted require hospitalization

And 20% of the hospitalized die.

I cannot find specific numbers on hospitalizations in the U.S. I know they exist, but I've been unable to locate. But, per WHO, 20% of 3,250,000 cases is 650,000, 20% of which is 130,000.

So the data apparently show that if you do contract Covid 19 you have a 1 in 5 chance of requiring hospitalization and, in that case, you have a 1 in 5 chance of dying.

So, while most people who contract the disease do not require hospitalization -- although it is not unlikely that some of these "stay-at-homes" will later need medical assistance for the virus's after effects -- those who do form a very vulnerable population, 20% of which is statistically doomed to die from the disease.

Of the remaining 80%, does anyone know how many will suffer life-altering after effects caused by the disease?