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Less communicable than SARS? No, it is more because SARS was only communicable when the patient was at their worst. This can spread during all phases. The mo
by wolco 7y ago
Less communicable than SARS?
No, it is more because SARS was only communicable when the patient was at their worst. This can spread during all phases.
The mortality is lower than SARS but much higher than the flu.
To put it in real terms. If you take the number of people you ever met in your life and gave them a bad flu you might find one who dies. Compare that to taking your mother/father/brothers and immediate families and giving them corona where at least one would die. Compared to SARS where someone in your immediate family would die or ebola where either you or your wife would die.
- pmoriarty 7y ago"This can spread during all phases." There is evidence that the study claiming the virus can be transmitted by people without symptoms was flawed.[1] Also, according to that article, even if asymptomatic people transmit the virus "asymptomatic transmission likely plays a minor role in the epidemic overall, WHO says. People who cough or sneeze are more likely to spread the virus, the agency wrote in a situation report on Saturday." [1] - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomati...