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It's got a 2% fatality rate. It's going to overload medical facilities in many major cities, is already leading to medicine shortages for meds from China, and w
by TheAdamAndChe 7y ago
It's got a 2% fatality rate. It's going to overload medical facilities in many major cities, is already leading to medicine shortages for meds from China, and will close jobs and schools around the nation. It's not smallpox or anything, but it is major.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoAll mentions of fatality rate are accompanied by caveats that it may be much lower. I predict there are >10x more cases in China than currently reported, especially if it is really so infectious. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-se...
- nostromo 7y ago2% seems to be the max rate, and it's coming down as we identify more people that have the virus, but are not even sick enough to go to the hospital. I loved my grandparents, so I'm not downplaying this -- but the mortality rate for healthy people under 60 is much lower.