covid-19 Update: CDC confirms death rate same as the flu

[dan_s]

This is GREAT NEWS but the media won't report it because it could kill their ratings.

Death rate is MUCH LOWER than "expert" forecasts and much lower than the "Despair Deaths" that will result from Shutdown caused poverty.

The CDC just came out with a report that should be earth-shattering to the narrative of the political class, yet it will go into the thick pile of vital data and information about the virus that is not getting out to the public. For the first time, the CDC has attempted to offer a real estimate of the overall death rate for COVID-19, and under its most likely scenario, the number is 0.26%. Officials estimate a 0.4% fatality rate among those who are symptomatic and project a 35% rate of asymptomatic cases among those infected, which drops the overall infection fatality rate (IFR) to just 0.26% — almost exactly where Stanford researchers pegged it a month ago.

Until now, we have been ridiculed for thinking the death rate was that low, as opposed to the 3.4% estimate of the World Health Organization, which helped drive the panic and the lockdowns. Now the CDC is agreeing to the lower rate in plain ink. Let this sink in: The WHO gets $Billions for research and they were off by more than 13X.

Plus, ultimately we might find out that the fatality rate is even lower because numerous studies and hard counts of confined populations have shown a much higher percentage of asymptomatic cases. Simply adjusting for a 50% asymptomatic rate would drop their fatality rate to 0.2% – exactly the rate of fatality Dr. John Ionnidis of Stanford University projected.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa ... y-n2569367

Fort Bend County, Texas (where I live)
Populations = ~820,000
Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 = 1,676 or just 0.2% of the population
Deaths = 41 or just 2.5% of the confirmed cases and 24 were over 70 with serious pre-existing medical problems.
8,200 people are expected to die in Fort Bend County this year. COVID-19 won't be in the Top 20 causes of death. Suicides ("Despair Deaths") will be at least 10X higher.

Questions:
Why are most churches closed when almost all other stores are open now?
Why are 9 out of 10 people that test positive for SARS-COV-2 sent home?