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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by mrb on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:59PM (#22198593)
Correct there is a bias. However even when comparing the coronavirus to the seasonal flu (hospitalized patients only), the coronavirus still looks much more severe:

Only 7% of hospitalized flu cases died in 2018-2019 (34 157 out of 490,561): https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html The coronavirus would thus appear to be 4 times more deadly (26%.)

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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by _-___________-_ on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:54AM (#22200931)
Or the hospitals are more overwhelmed now, so only the sickest patients are being admitted.
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