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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by NortySpock on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:43PM (#22569805)
1-3% case fatality rate? 70% of the population expected to be infected.

That's ~1 out of every 100 people. This isn't just a media frenzy, by the end of this you WILL know someone who died as a result of (complications of) Coronavirus.

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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by zadler on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:37PM (#22570236)
And yet a lot of countries seem to have controlled it to a great extent. China, South Korea, japan, Singapore. They’re not showing explosive numbers.
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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by JoeAltmaier on Friday March 13, 2020 @04:51PM (#22570798)
They're not reporting explosive numbers...
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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by vanniv on Friday March 13, 2020 @05:57PM (#22571229)
Other that for China, do you have any evidence the numbers are doctored?

Especially South Korea, which has been very transparent and done a ton of testing.

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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by llampx on Friday March 13, 2020 @04:49PM (#22570787)
In Italy, the numbers are closer to 7%
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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by JoeAltmaier on Friday March 13, 2020 @04:51PM (#22570796)
But its hard to believe they report infection rate properly. It may be 7% of those with symptoms (arriving at hospital)? Which is expected to be a 'cherry picked' subset and have a higher rate.
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