"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."

Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted

Anthony S. Fauci

New England Journal of Medicine

https://web.archive.org/web/20200229021836/https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387