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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024539v2 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024539v... This is a paper that looks at 50k
by adnzzzzZ 7y ago
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024539v2 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.20024539v... This is a paper that looks at 50k Chinese patients and 18.1% of them are considered "severe cases", which China has been using to mean needing special care in the hospital.
And based on a WHO official's statements they found no evidence that there was a big number of unreported cases in China. https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25/new-data-from-china-butt... https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/25/new-data-from-china-butt..., https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/123233479099875328.. https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/123233479099875328.... Which would mean that these numbers coming out of there are likely more correct than wrong.
- dr_dshiv 7y agoFrom your second link: "“What [the data] support is that sure, there may be a few asymptomatic cases … but there’s probably not huge transmission beyond what you can actually see clinically,” Aylward said. The claim was quickly challenged by an infectious diseases expert who serves on a committee that advises the WHO’s health emergencies program."