The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is lower than the classical

Re:The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is l... by mlyle on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:01PM (#23127433)

This causes a whole lot more people to be hospitalized with severe illness. Severe illness tends to result in morbidity even if you survive.

A fair number of people with SARS-CoV-1 ended up with chronic fatigue ailments, etc, afterwards, too.

We don't know, but there's almost certainly going to be more lasting morbidity from this epidemic than the common cold. If it's a little bit, it doesn't change the calculation much. If 1/4th of those hospitalized develop significant morbidity though, that sucks.

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Re:The disease-induced herd immunity level for Covid-19 is l... by ibejoeb on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:23PM (#23127584)

> This causes a whole lot more people to be hospitalized with severe illness.

Sure. And the other ones kill.

> If 1/4th of those hospitalized develop significant morbidity

Am I wrong, or is it that the overwhelming majority of people who are hospitalized already have a comorbidity? Where does 1/4 come from? Why not 100%?

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