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Is it possible that disease density increases chances of fatality for a particular person? The fatality rate seems so low outside of China, compared to China.
by tunesmith 7y ago
Is it possible that disease density increases chances of fatality for a particular person? The fatality rate seems so low outside of China, compared to China.
- nexuist 7y agoChinese air quality is godawful, and this is a respiratory disease, so the large fatality rate makes sense. It is more important to look at ages of those who die and so far it appears to be far more fatal to those over 50. Individually the fatality rate won't change, but as more individuals are infected the amount of people who are older will also go up and some of those cases will become fatal.
- tunesmith 7y agoI came across someone else talking about "viral load" yesterday - I wonder if that is actually a factor.