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Re:Tech can't remember what to do in a down market by gnulinux on Thursday February 27, 2020 @11:24AM (#22434625)
Not saying you're wrong but

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.

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Re:Tech can't remember what to do in a down market by learc83 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:37PM (#22435562)
1. Yes it's the figure as of right now. There have been hundreds of people sick for over 2 weeks, and hundreds more who are coming up on the 2 week mark. There may very well be more deaths or there may not be. But my point is that the Diamond princess isn't currently good supporting evidence for a 1% mortality rate in the general population.

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.

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