Thread by @kakape

For all those still arguing that “only" around 0,1% of people infected with #covid19 die:
This is nonsense!
The US has around 330 million people and it has now recorded more than 330,000 deaths.
That means 0,1% of the *entire population* has died. And #sarscov2 still spreading.

UK:
about 66 million people
more than 69,000 deaths from #covid19

France: about 67 million people
more than 62,000 deaths

Mexico:
about 126 million population
more than 121,000 deaths

Even worse:
Belgium:
11,5 million population
more than 19,000 deaths

We had a lot of good data already showing that the IFR of #covid19 is much higher than 0,1%.

Now we have a lot of places where around 0,1% of the entire population have died and the virus is still spreading.

So anyone still telling this lie, is deliberately ignoring reality.

If you want to get into the weeds on IFR, of course, it makes sense to distinguish age group or divide countries into those with high and low median age etc.
But the main point: This virus can clearly kill a lot more than 0,1% of those it infects.
And: It’s not just about deaths!

On Germany:
We have about 30,000 deaths so far in a population of about 83 million.
That means another 50,000 people can die just by us catching up to the level of death that countries like UK, US and France have already reached.
50,000 deaths! While vaccines are on the way!