Something to keep in mind when thinking about such things: mortality rate isn't the same as survival rate. A disease with a predicted mortality rate of 2% does NOT mean that an infected person is expected to survive 98% of the time. Rather, it means that for a given population, over a given period of time, 2% are expected to die from the disease (note that the population and time values are seldom included in media reporting, which contributes to the confusion.) I know some folks here know that, but it seems the vast majority of people out there don't.
they are claiming a CFR(case fatality rate) of 2.3% is that not 2.3% of those with the disease?
Also, doesn't that 2.3% include China and other third world countries? That won't be the rate in more modern countries.
Last time I looked at the numbers, due to population density and rate of infection/spreading, mainland china's mortality rate was something like 18%. ~2.3% is a world-wide average, which is encouraging *compared* to some of the concentration-center numbers, but is painfully more "dangerous" compared to the general flu with a mortality rate somewhere around .1% world wide. But then again, millions upon millions get the flu every year, and we're still talking a tiny fraction of that getting covid, in terms of absolute numbers.
In summary, while "only" a relatively small number of deaths have occurred so far (absolute numbers), the death rate is very, very high (percentages), all compared to flu.
I suspect that while the absolute numbers continue to rise, at a slowing rate, the death rate will decrease over time as we get better at treatment and prevention.
More than a few "experts" in the field (I use quotes because I'm referencing people whose credentials I haven't tracked down myself) have suggested that when this is all over, something like 90% of all humanity will have been exposed to the virus.