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

Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by adnzzzzZ on Saturday February 29, 2020 @09:20AM (#22450668)

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024539v... This is a paper that looks at 50k Chinese patients and 18.1% of them are considered "severe cases", which China has been using to mean needing special care in the hospital.

And based on a WHO official's statements they found no evidence that there was a big number of unreported cases in China. https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25/new-data-from-china-butt..., https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/123233479099875328.... Which would mean that these numbers coming out of there are likely more correct than wrong.

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Re:I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad by dr_dshiv on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:17AM (#22450943)

From your second link:

"“What [the data] support is that sure, there may be a few asymptomatic cases … but there’s probably not huge transmission beyond what you can actually see clinically,” Aylward said.

The claim was quickly challenged by an infectious diseases expert who serves on a committee that advises the WHO’s health emergencies program."

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