Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad
by TheAdamAndChe on Saturday February 29, 2020 @08:46AM
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It's got a 2% fatality rate. It's going to overload medical facilities in many major cities, is already leading to medicine shortages for meds from China, and will close jobs and schools around the nation. It's not smallpox or anything, but it is major.
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Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad
by nostromo on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:07AM
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2% seems to be the max rate, and it's coming down as we identify more people that have the virus, but are not even sick enough to go to the hospital.
I loved my grandparents, so I'm not downplaying this -- but the mortality rate for healthy people under 60 is much lower.
Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad
by dr_dshiv on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:03AM
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All mentions of fatality rate are accompanied by caveats that it may be much lower. I predict there are >10x more cases in China than currently reported, especially if it is really so infectious.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-se...