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Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by rocha on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:31PM (#22741511)
Hospitalization rate is hovering between 10% and 20%

Edit: source https://covidtracking.com/data/

Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by nn35 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:56PM (#22741781)
We don't know the hospitalization rate. That site counts confirmed cases; epidemiologists seem to think total cases are greater by a factor of at least 10x. It also doesn't break out by age group.

Taken together, these considerations imply hospitalization rate for < 40yo should be far below the 10-20% figure. (On the flip side, many of the currently infected who have not yet been hospitalized will be hospitalized in the future.)

I don't know the hospitalization rate for < 40yo, but the death rate is thought to be around 0.1%. It would be very surprising if the hospitalization rate were more than a couple percent.

Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by rocha on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:02PM (#22741856)
You are correct. The estimates are taken from the confirmed cases. I just wanted to point out that it is easy to dismiss the risk service workers are taking if you only look at the fatality rate. The hospitalization rate seems to be one or two orders of magnitude higher.

Edit: grammar.

Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by p1mrx on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:33PM (#22741537)
What's the hospitalization rate for starvation?
Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by travisporter on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:05PM (#22741894)
Disrespectful snide aside, probably 8-10 weeks with water supply, dependent of course on your excess body fat.
Re:Whole Foods employees are staging a nationwide 'sick-out' by rocha on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:47PM (#22741682)
I didn't imply they should shut down. I just wanted to point out that the risk that the workers are taking is significantly higher if you take into account how likely they are to get seriously ill. Their protection should be prioritized.