German chancellor Merkel and health minister Spahn today confirmed they're expecting 60 to 70% of the country's population to eventually be infected by #corona.
At the currently estimated mortality rate of 3.45% that would mean close to two million dead people in Germany alone.
Of course we still have too little data to confirm that mortality rate in Germany.
@fribbledom isn't that the percentage from the whole population? Elderly people and young children have a significantly higher mortality rate than the rest of the population.
Source: https://newsobservatory.com/here-are-the-coronavirus-mortality-rates-by-age-group/
They are. Actually the risk increases with age. Young children are the safest as of now.
@fribbledom Yeah, you're right. I just took a better look at the available data and children seem to be fairly safe after all. Therefore it would seem that there's no reason to close down schools at the moment.
Being honest, numbers are so crazy you can't decide a strategy...
@PunaisetPimpulat
That'd be a huge fallacy. It's not about preventing the kids from getting sick, it's about slowing the rapid growth.