US Establishment Docs Become "Just the Flu" Bros

Well, it seems like officialdom in the USA is also dialing down their assessment of the Wu-Flu. From the New England Journal of Medicine (March 26):

If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.

Oops. Sorry for destroying all your jobs and massively diluting the currency, and crashing your 401(k)'s based on social media fear porn! Never mind the cackling laughter in the background as bankers stack the newly minted cheddar.