> How come 0.05% died and not 1% to 2%? Isn't this evidence that the coronavirus isn't as big as a threat as we thought? I mean 0.05% deaths is 40 times smaller than 2% deaths.
Naive death rate is deaths/totally cases of infection, not deaths/total population. Most of Sweden never contracted covid in the first place.
A first approximation of Sweden's covid death rate would be around ~7.4% to date (almost certainly lower in practice bc total infections > officially diagnosed)
Naive death rate is deaths/totally cases of infection, not deaths/total population. Most of Sweden never contracted covid in the first place.
A first approximation of Sweden's covid death rate would be around ~7.4% to date (almost certainly lower in practice bc total infections > officially diagnosed)