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Message: [QUOTE="meyers7, post: 3476278, member: 343"] Doesn't quite work that way. Normal flu does kill around 20-40K each year, but the fatality rate of those getting the flu is less than 1%. The fatality rate for Covid-19 is about 3.4%. So, if everyone in the US (330 million) were to get the Covid-19, then about 11 million people would die. And that 3.4% is an average of the different age groups. Like < 9 yo is basically 0. But 70-79 yo is around 8% and 80 and above is 14%. That would probably wipe out half the BY posters. [/QUOTE]