I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad

Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by raphaelj on Saturday February 29, 2020 @08:43AM (#22450476)

Except that this is significantly more dangerous than the seasonal flu. 6 people already died on the Diamond Princess out of about 600 detected positive cases, this is one to two orders of magnitude more than the seasonal flu.

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Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by rndgermandude on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:08AM (#22450602)

It is more dangerous, but you shouldn't extrapolate too much from the Diamond Princess case either.

A vacation and also the associated travel is a special event that also affects the immune system, a cruise ship is a special and foreign "habitat" to passengers and crew and usually a lot more cramped than they experience in their every day lives, the demographics of people taking a cruise will differ from the demographics of most "normal" area as well. Cruise ships are a bit notorious for outbreaks of all sorts, from E.Coli and noro to legionella and even measles, and corvid-19 too.

And on top of that a study[1] found that the total quarantine the Japanese government imposed didn't help either, but actually worsened the situation, to 700+ infected while the study estimates that if people were let off the ship (but still monitored and treated of course) then only about 76 would likely have been infected. This decision was likely fueled at least in part by over-the-top news coverage and the political pressures this created.

[1] https://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jtm...

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Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by 40four on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:02AM (#22450564)

Those numbers are skewed. It’s only more dangerous for elderly people. For most age groups below 50 is 60, the numbers are inline with common flu.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-se...

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