The CDC Released New Death Rate Estimates For The Coronavirus. Many Scientists Say They’re Too Low.

New CDC estimates of coronavirus death rates look suspiciously low and present almost no data to back them up, say public health experts who are concerned that the agency is buckling under political pressure to restart the economy.

A week ago, as the US began to reopen, the CDC put out five scenarios for how the coronavirus crisis could play out across the country. This “pandemic planning” document is being used throughout the federal government and is meant to help public officials make decisions about when and how to reopen, according to the CDC.

In addition to providing various rates of hospitalizations and infections, the CDC gave new estimates of the total fatality rate of the virus, ranging from about 0.1% (its least deadly scenario) to 0.8% (its deadliest scenario). The agency also cited a “best estimate” of 0.26%.

Just using the raw numbers available today 1,709,996 with 101,002 deaths so far since the start. It looks like the number of people that died was %5.9 of the confirmed cases. Maybe we can do better in the future with the protective measures being used now. Mileage may vary.