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Re:Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay-at-home order t... by belltaco on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:25PM (#23174101)
>The 1.5 week old CDC report [1] shows same hospitalization rate as the flu for the vulnerable 65+ population, and less for the vulnerable <18 year population.

Is the hospitalization rate based on how many got the disease or among the general population?

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Re:Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay-at-home order t... by asabjorn on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:24PM (#23174926)
It’s across the whole population over the preceding week.

The CDC report key takeaways section is recommended reading

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Re:Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay-at-home order t... by belltaco on Friday May 15, 2020 @03:41PM (#23196491)
So why would the rate of hospitalizations be comparable if we are having lockdowns that reduce cases of covid a lot?

In fact, the fact that the rate of hospitalizations is similar even with broad lockdowns is proof that covid is much more dangerous than the flu. Imagine the rate if there were no lockdowns.

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