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Re:WHO Director: "Covid-19 does not transmit as efficiently ... by microcolonel on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @07:08PM (#22489601)
The case fatality rate is in the tens of times higher for the novel coronavirus, when compared with common seasonal influenza.
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Re:WHO Director: "Covid-19 does not transmit as efficiently ... by carterehsmith on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:19PM (#22490029)
What, where is the source for that? I've read "2x" and "3x" but never "tens of times".
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Re:WHO Director: "Covid-19 does not transmit as efficiently ... by microcolonel on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:43PM (#22490761)
The current figure provided by the WHO is 3.4%, typical figures for seasonal influenza being about 0.1.

3.4 / 0.1 = 34.

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