Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐evidence‐based measures

Re:Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐ev... by joe_the_user on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @12:01AM (#22671755)

Sure but most of those are new cases. Do you have any idea what happened with those cases two weeks later or even if it's been two or three weeks for the cases? You'd only expect that 16-32 would require hospitalization in any case. But on the other hand, you can expect 326 visible or invisible cases the next week and gradually things get difficult, if the trend that's been documented continues.

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Re:Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐ev... by partiallypro on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:30AM (#22672240)

I can see that, but I also can see that this could give us insight into the virus as it spreads throughout the population. Like, what if it is mutating, becoming weaker/stronger, hospitalization rates would give us insight into that.

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Re:Covid-19: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐ev... by irq11 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @07:13AM (#22673855)

Hospitalization rate is a function of age; if the 163 infected are young, you would expect a hospitalization rate of near zero.

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