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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by explore on Friday January 31, 2020 @02:18AM (#22199775)
Based on "all confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV in Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital from Jan 1 to Jan 20, 2020": 11% "died of multiple organ failure" and 23% are in intensive care unit https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by peteretep on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:14AM (#22199979)
You've quoted this deeply misleading statistic without context more than once. Please desist!
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Re:WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency by explore on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:35AM (#22200074)
This is not statistics, these are all confirmed local cases of a 20 days period. However, the future distribution may not follow this pattern.
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