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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by hnick on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:35AM (#22421118)
Do we know how many of those 20% would die without hospital support? I assume the 2-5% takes into account treatment or is that excluding it?
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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by wklauss on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @04:25AM (#22421599)
That 2%-5% is based on the current detected cases and deaths attributed to the virus. You can sense where the problem is. Much like the flu, most of the deaths are older people with weak inmune systems that go haywire. Right now, out of an abundance of caution, anyone with symptoms is being hospitalized, that includes people that normally wouldn't be if this was a normal flu season and they showed up at the doctor with same symptoms.
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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by koheripbal on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @04:25AM (#22421598)
About 4%. That's the death rate in Wuhan with the system maxed out.

The limitation is actually mechanical ventilators.

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