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• Geee 7y ago
  It's still too early to tell, and it's just not possible to make accurate calculations if the data itself is missing. It's known that there aren't a lot of mild cases. Also, the mortality doesn't seem to be lower elsewhere. For example, in Iran there is 43 deaths and 123 recovered, and in Italy 29 deaths and 50 recovered.
  • mkagenius 7y ago
    > Italy 29 deaths and 50 recovered. yes the recovery data seems delayed, there are 3000+ koreans affected and only 30 recovered. While half of chinese have recovered.
    • lbeltrame 7y ago
      It also depends on the definition of "recovered". Our first recovered patient was called such only after almost a week of repeated tests. Which means that the data will lag considerably compared to deaths and new infections.
  • baxtr 7y ago
    How do you know they aren’t a lot of mild cases that go undetected? From what I’ve read 80%+ are mild, only 10-15% severe, at least in Europe. Most clusters can’t be backtracked to patient zero anymore Also, numbers from Iran can definitely not be trusted
  • yodsanklai 7y ago
    > It's known that there aren't a lot of mild cases. On the cruise ship, about a third of the cases are asymptomic [1]. [1] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.20.20025866v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.20.20025866v...
    • baxtr 7y ago
      And that’s with even a highly skewed population age group.
  • marvin 7y ago
    The data indicates that most cases are in fact mild to moderate. Please don't spread misinformation. There's enough people stirring up a panic already.
  • _-___________-_ 7y ago
    > It's known that there aren't a lot of mild cases. This is bullshit. There's no other word for it.