What Coronavirus Does to the Body

Re:What Coronavirus Does to the Body by msandford on Thursday February 20, 2020 @02:10PM (#22377664)

I think that's the yearly death rate for the whole population. 300m / 100k * 2 = 6k flu deaths in the US per year. Seems like that could be true.

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Re:What Coronavirus Does to the Body by sliken on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:58PM (#22380603)

That seems rather low.

"According to CDC, this year's flu season has led to at least 12 million medical visits and 250,000 hospitalizations. In addition, CDC found that the percentage of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness increased to 6.8% in the week ending Feb. 8, up from 6.6% in the week ending Feb. 1. The national baseline for those visits is 2.4%. Between 14,000 and 36,000 flu-related deaths overall occurred from Oct. 1, 2019, to Feb. 8, CDC estimated."

The season is far from over.

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Re:What Coronavirus Does to the Body by jpster on Friday February 21, 2020 @07:01AM (#22382508)

I’m wondering if some of the rise in deaths and hospitalizations were actually due to the (as yet undetected) virus.

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