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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by alexanderhorl on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:17AM (#22602246)
Maybe in the end the CFR will be the same as the regular flu.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by hellofunk on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:52AM (#22602418)
It has already proven to be far worse than the flu in its strain on healthcare systems.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by steve_adams_86 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @04:25AM (#22602858)
Isn't that largely due to a lack of immunity? Too many people getting it at once in clusters?
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by beatgammit on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:35AM (#22605167)
If this becomes a cyclical thing, I'm sure we'll have vaccines for it like we do the flu, at which point it'll just be annoying like the flu is.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by dnautics on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:20AM (#22602262)
The only thing that matters in the end is total population mortality rate.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @02:39AM (#22602361)
That is a bad metric. The death rate could be really bad yet the overall death rate would still not change very much.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by imtringued on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:44AM (#22603258)
If I am the only person on the planet with a 100% deadly disease why should I force everyone else to suffer because of me?
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:31AM (#22605803)
The fear and suffering alone is enough to have a negative effect on people, so it matters.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by spookthesunset on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:51PM (#22606938)
So is shutting down the entire worlds economy. That has massive, very real impacts well beyond just money.
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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:19PM (#22607338)
Ya, but the anxiety of thinking you might sick and die also has negative impacts beyond just money.
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