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If you compare what we know about it now to the flu, it’s 20x more lethal than the flu at current estimates with many of those who get it severe enough to go to
by Scipio_Afri 7y ago
If you compare what we know about it now to the flu, it’s 20x more lethal than the flu at current estimates with many of those who get it severe enough to go to the hospital requiring intensive care to recover. It’s legit.
- _bxg1 7y agoSource on the 20x number?
- Scipio_Afri 7y agoHeard specifically the .1% flu and 2% for COVID19 was from Dr. Adam Bernheim from Mount Sinai hospital in NYC who was interviewed as part of a Bloomberg investing podcast called “Bloomberg Surveillance”. He’s citing roughly what I’ve seen in journals regarding the study of COVID (note I’m not in the medical field but semi-competent and enough to find articles in medical journals, read them and understand what they’re saying) but I haven’t been able to find a number for typical season flu strains being “about .1%” is what he specifically says and “about 2%” for COVID19. He compared various aspects of it to the typical seasonal flus at 11 minutes into the show, specifically 11minutes 40seconds for mortality comparison. Bloomberg Surveillance podcast is free and also availability through other platforms but here it is through Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloomberg-surveillance/id296237493?i=1000466868582 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloomberg-surveillance...