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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by JoeAltmaier on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:51AM (#22404398)
Yes, and we can expect 10X to 20X that number at risk when this virus spreads.
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by 0xff00ffee on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:05AM (#22404560)
Why stop at 10x or 20x? Why not 1,000x? What's the science behind that?
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by theanalyst on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:21AM (#22404730)
0.5% mortality vs 2-3.5% mortality, look the number of recovered cases is still small, so we can't actually count the in progress numbers just yet
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by cm2012 on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:30AM (#22404800)
Death rate of .1% for the flu and 1% for Corona.
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Re:Is It a Pandemic Yet? by JoeAltmaier on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:34AM (#22404854)
2.5-3.5%? In China anyway.
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