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I don't think I'm reading it wrong.
In countries such as South Korea where testing extensive and at around 140,000+ at present the mortality rate is running down about to about 0.6%.
COVID19 is certainly highly virulent...but there are nowhere near as many cases as common flu...which the press does not give a toss about....and nearly all people are recovering.
Sure, take precautions. A week ago I suggested Australian cases would top out at a few hundred.....and so far the Dept of health says:
"As at 11:00 hrs on 12 March 2020, we have 126 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 3 deaths, in Australia"
Not sure how we are going to get to 1.4 million...as some tabloids are predicting...
Care to take bets on what the Oz infection number will be this time next week?
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