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You have to look at the CFR(case fatality rate) and how wide it will be spreading. For flu, case fatality rate is usually <0.1% [1]. As comparison, SARS in 200
by freewizard 7y ago
You have to look at the CFR(case fatality rate) and how wide it will be spreading.
For flu, case fatality rate is usually <0.1% [1].
As comparison, SARS in 2003 is 15% [2].
This time it's still developing (17 of 444 as of today[3]) so hard to know for sure, but nature of this 2019-nCoV virus is close to SARS.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_pandemic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_pandemic
[2] https://www.who.int/csr/sars/archive/2003_05_07a/en/ https://www.who.int/csr/sars/archive/2003_05_07a/en/
[3] http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/22/c_138727379.htm http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/22/c_138727379.htm