The list puts the US at 1.8%. The *minimum* I’ve found is 0.2%. Most countries s...

notJim · on May 3, 2021

You're looking at the case-fatality ratio, your parent is looking at the deaths per 100k population.

Looking at these two numbers suggests to me that while the US did very well at treating cases, we allowed far too many people to become infected.

Pyramus · on May 3, 2021

I agree with your assessment.

Also Covid mortality scales exponentially with age, and US life expectancy is 5-6 years lower than say Spain or Italy.

edaemon · on May 3, 2021

They're looking at the deaths per capita, not the case-fatality ratio.