Are you also aware that seasonal flu doesn't completely take out medical systems? (see Wuhan)
2. All 4 people who died were in their 80s. Cruise ships skew much older than the general population, so there is limited information to learn from this.
3. If every single person who had cold or flu symptoms panicked and went to the ER, it most certainly would overwhelm medical systems.
4. I never said this wasn't worse than the flu, just that it seems likely that it's not 20x as deadly.
1. 4/700 is only the initial figure. Likely more people will die from cruise ship, COVID-19 takes about 2 weeks to develop severe pneumonia.
2. Since these patients are now not categorized as Diamond Princess, instead they're categorized under their countries' stats, likely we will never hear from them again in such an isolated fashion.
2. I'm sure all of their names are out there, and someone will eventually put together a study once it's been long enough to know their outcomes.
https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2020.20203
"The resulting number, however, does not represent the true case fatality rate and might be off by orders of magnitude. "
"The true number of exposed cases affected in Wuhan may be vastly underestimated. With a focus on thousands of serious cases, mild or asymptomatic courses that possibly account for the bulk of the 2019-nCoV infections might remain largely unrecognized, in particular during the influenza season.
Under-detection of mild or asymptomatic cases may be further fueled after further growth of the outbreak, as healthcare-facilities and testing capacities in Wuhan have reached their limits."