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They tested everyone on the Diamond Princess and seemed to find a lot of asymptomatic cases. I don't know how to reconcile this, but there it is. The mortality
by roywiggins 7y ago
They tested everyone on the Diamond Princess and seemed to find a lot of asymptomatic cases. I don't know how to reconcile this, but there it is. The mortality rate was worse than seasonal flu but not 3%, either.
https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-mortality-rate-lower-than-we-think.html https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-mortality-r...
- microcolonel 7y agoWhat do you mean by "was"? Because as far as I'm aware, 690 of the 706 confirmed diamond princess cases have not concluded (neither dead nor recovered).
- flukus 7y ago> I don't know how to reconcile this Multiple strains might explain it along with other conflicting information and differing results between countries: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-chinese-scientists-identify-two-types-covid-19.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-chinese-scientis... As you said, we're still looking at it through the fog of war.
- roywiggins 7y agoMutation would do it, so would demographic differences, level of treatment, who knows. Data out of South Korea indicate a similar CFR as the cruise ship. https://mobile.twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1235211584600932352 https://mobile.twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/12352115846...