U.S. Identifies First Coronavirus Case Without Outbreak Ties

Re:U.S. Identifies First Coronavirus Case Without Outbreak Ties by sciinfo on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:42AM (#22431171)

I have followed the news closely, the CFR might decrease a bit in Hubei because China has reinforced it with 20,000 medical staff and hospitals. They also have found some better treatments (not a cure, to be clear).

The approx. 20% hospitalization figure is the elephant in the room. Even if reduced to 10% or 5%, it would still overwhelm medical resources of any country.

The point is if a country gets complacent, it could be too late to contain it without drastic measures and mass sufferings.

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Re:U.S. Identifies First Coronavirus Case Without Outbreak Ties by oefrha on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:46AM (#22431191)

> The approx. 20% hospitalization figure is the elephant in the room, even if reduced to 10% or 5%, would still overwhelm medical resources of any country though.

That's for sure. Hopefully fewer people will be touting the "it's just a slightly worse flu" or "common flu kills more" nonsense by now.

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