Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths

Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by Alex3917 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:12AM (#22434469)

> That would put the mortality rate at under 1%, which is close to the evidence we have from elsewhere (e.g. the Diamond Princess).

Since it takes 3+ weeks to die from this illness, we're not going to know the fatality rate from the diamond princess for another month. And that's still going to be a lower bound since they'll all be getting medical care from often before they're even diagnosed.

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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by learc83 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:16AM (#22434516)

>And that's still going to be a lower bound since they'll all be getting medical care from often before they're even diagnosed.

It's not a lower bound because cruise ships skew much older than the general population. All 4 who have died so far have been in their 80s.

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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by Alex3917 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:33AM (#22434748)

Good point. That you can at least try to correct for to match various populations though.

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Re:Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of Covid-19 Cases and Deaths by nswest23 on Friday February 28, 2020 @09:17PM (#22448278)

We know the percentage of people who are in critical condition and it's very low.

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