Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the actual mortality rate potentially much lower than the 2-3% discussed in the media? The death rate being reported is based on the number of diagnosed cases, but presumably there are probably thousands of additional undiagnosed cases where people had no or mild enough symptoms that they never were officially diagnosed.

3.33 percent.

[Anonymous]

November 3 cannot get here soon enough. Good God.

[Anonymous]

Why is the mortality rate so much higher in Wuhan?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Three new deaths in Washington state. The Street’s not gonna like that.

This only further underscores the working theory that the virus has been there for weeks and weeks and that there are hundreds of undiagnosed cases.

And stock recovery disappearing. There’s a shockerrrrrrrrrr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the mortality rate so much higher in Wuhan?

Seems really bad in Washington state too, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently CDC will not be disclosing any numbers on Americans tested or diagnosed, according to a post in politics forum.

How communist China of us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the actual mortality rate potentially much lower than the 2-3% discussed in the media? The death rate being reported is based on the number of diagnosed cases, but presumably there are probably thousands of additional undiagnosed cases where people had no or mild enough symptoms that they never were officially diagnosed.

No, it's higher. You have to compare recovered vs deaths. Currently that's 6%. China tested WAY more than any other country is. I also read that asymptomatic people later did get it too.

Where are you getting the 6% number?? Everything I’m reading seems to give 1% max.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-51674743

Np. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[Anonymous]

I never knew how dysfunctional Italy had become until now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never knew how dysfunctional Italy had become until now.

If you think things are better here you are naive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never knew how dysfunctional Italy had become until now.

If you think things are better here you are naive.

Nah, Italy is one of those countries that is only considered developed because of tradition, not because of reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the mortality rate so much higher in Wuhan?

Their infection rate became so high that severe cases overwhelmed the health infrastructure (this is my best understanding). That's why taking proactive measures to slow the spread could be so important. All these people cavalierly saying they don't care because they're eventually going to catch it are very short-sighted! The rate of spread matters a lot to how well we can treat people who need medical intervention (which may be as many as 15-20%).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the mortality rate so much higher in Wuhan?

You want a long slow curve for this kind of stuff. Not a steep short one. Steep short really taxes the health system. Not good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the actual mortality rate potentially much lower than the 2-3% discussed in the media? The death rate being reported is based on the number of diagnosed cases, but presumably there are probably thousands of additional undiagnosed cases where people had no or mild enough symptoms that they never were officially diagnosed.

No, it's higher. You have to compare recovered vs deaths. Currently that's 6%. China tested WAY more than any other country is. I also read that asymptomatic people later did get it too.

Where are you getting the 6% number?? Everything I’m reading seems to give 1% max.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-51674743

Np. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Omg. Why isn’t the media using these stats?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the mortality rate so much higher in Wuhan?

1. The hospitals were totally overwhelmed at first, so not enough respiratory support led to a large number of deaths.
2. Lack of testing in early days meant that some mild cases may have been missed in Wuhan. Other provinces were able to catch even the asymptomatic/mild ones.

It looks like we won't be far off 1 percent including all the asymptomatic ones, unfortunately. So an order of magnitude worse that the flu.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the actual mortality rate potentially much lower than the 2-3% discussed in the media? The death rate being reported is based on the number of diagnosed cases, but presumably there are probably thousands of additional undiagnosed cases where people had no or mild enough symptoms that they never were officially diagnosed.

No, it's higher. You have to compare recovered vs deaths. Currently that's 6%. China tested WAY more than any other country is. I also read that asymptomatic people later did get it too.

Where are you getting the 6% number?? Everything I’m reading seems to give 1% max.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-51674743

Np. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Anyone know what the numbers are if you take Wuhan out?