Door Anoniem: Voor sommmigen onder ons, de meest kwetsbaren, is Covid-19 zeker een potentieel gevaarlijke ziekte, maar voor de meesten onder ons bestaat die ziekte alleen maar "tussen de oren", in de angsten van onze verbeelding, want de daadwerkelijke medische risico's voor de bevolking als geheel zijn in de media schromelijk overdreven: Overview 1. According to data from the best-studied countries and regions, the lethality of Covid19 is on average about 0.2%, which is in the range of a severe influenza (flu) and about ten times lower than originally assumed by the WHO. 2. Even in the global “hotspots”, the risk of death for the general population of school and working age is typically in the range of a daily car ride to work. The risk was initially overestimated because many people with only mild or no symptoms were not taken into account. 3. Up to 80% of all test-positive persons remain symptom-free. Even among 70-79 year olds, about 60% remain symptom-free. Over 95% of all persons develop mild ...