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Chances of getting a car accident this year do not equal the chances of getting the virus within the same year.

Aka comparing the two makes no sense.

According to [1] in 2018 there was about 11 deaths per 100,000. So that's 0.011% instead of 1%.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...



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