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Opinion: Goodbye pandemic! Let’s check the scorecard

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is depicted in an illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020. - photo by Associated Press

Coronavirus — The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is depicted in an illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020. - photo by Associated Press

How deadly was COVID 19 compared to other coronaviruses? The fatality rate for SARS was 9.5%; MERS 34.4%. Though vastly more contagious, COVID 19 hardly registered.