The actual mortality rate is unknown and will remain unknown for a while to come and will continue to move around. I suspect it well be a year or more of massive data crunching before it's known to a accuracy of value. I'm not putting a lot stock on that one right now, but what I do know is as any med pro working boots on the ground dealing with it will tell you, it's not "just the flu."
So, the unknowns, which are reducing rapidly, but plenty remain, behoove us to move cautiously but in a forward direction as (1) more is now known (2) med system much better prepared to handle it (3) secondary effects on issues like economy, depression, etc, can't get ignored or excluded from big picture decision making.
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