On May 22, 2020 the CDC released pandemic planning data which reveals that they estimate the fatality rate for COVID-19 at 0.26%.
Here’s how it works. The CDC data estimates that 35% of coronavirus infections are asymptomatic, and their new “best estimate” for the case fatality rate amongst symptomatic patients is 0.4%, quite a bit different to the WHO’s 3.4% fatality rate estimated on March 4, 2020. [2, 3]
A PJ Media article does the maths: “According to the CDC’s own current best estimate data the case fatality rate (CFR) of the coronavirus is 0.4%. And that’s just amongst symptomatic cases, which, the CDC estimates, is 65% of all cases. This means the CDC estimates the Infection Fatality Rate (IFR), that being the fatality rate for all infections across all age groups, symptomatic as well as asymptomatic, is approximately 0.26%.”
This is the “biggest reason to end the coronavirus lockdowns” and go back to normal.
Swiss Policy Research shows the the global IFR statistics ranges from 0.20% to 0.68%, but in all ages under 70 years of age the fatality estimate is 0.04%. and compared to the Delta variant, the Omicron variant has a 90% lower death rate.” Also by Sep 2022 the data shows Australia’s median age of death is 86 yrs and US is 78 years.