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Re:Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel co... by azalemeth on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:38AM (#22157758)
Isolation measures and obtaining information are clearly important; so too is acting ethically, and I would argue that it is _precisely_ these sort of circumstances that should prompt us to consider this. And, owing to selection bias in the cases presented, the death rate of this coronavirus is likely far lower than hyped.
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Re:Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel co... by tedk-42 on Monday January 27, 2020 @03:58AM (#22157834)
Wow this is the first I've heard of the infection and death rate being 'lower than hyped'.

I do believe it's troubling times for everyone near this virus and we need as much information of the virus as possible. This is going past a regular 'patient confidentiality' line and into a 'prevent a possible disaster from occurring by getting on top of it soon'.

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Re:Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel co... by dragonwriter on Monday January 27, 2020 @04:04AM (#22157855)
> Wow this is the first I've heard of the infection and death rate being 'lower than hyped'.

GP only said the death rate was lower (which necessarily means the infection rate is higher, not lower, assuming all the deaths used in the reported rate are real deaths associated with the disease of concern.)

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