Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?
by nwah1 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @04:21PM
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The annual flu was worse in terms of numbers, but this illness is still early and was showing a much higher mortality rate, in proportional terms.
Of course, from what I can tell, growth in mortality has been shrinking in percentage terms. [1]
But if judging based on the early stats, it was literally hundreds of times more deadly than a common flu. Approximately to 4% of people in their 60s who contracted it died. And 15% of those in their 80s who contracted it were killed. The annual flu is not nearly that bad.
Of course, from what I can tell, growth in mortality has been shrinking in percentage terms. [1]
But if judging based on the early stats, it was literally hundreds of times more deadly than a common flu. Approximately to 4% of people in their 60s who contracted it died. And 15% of those in their 80s who contracted it were killed. The annual flu is not nearly that bad.
[1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-...