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Maybe. Saying the outcome is much worse is too early. There are many numbers reported that are likely incorrect. The Corona ship had around 700 people infected
by tinyhouse 7y ago
Maybe. Saying the outcome is much worse is too early. There are many numbers reported that are likely incorrect. The Corona ship had around 700 people infected and less than one precent died (six people). All were 70+. We don't know if they had any pre-existing conditions but at least two of the people who died were close to 90. That's much lower than some of the numbers coming from China and Italy. But at least we can trust the numbers from the ship since it was a "controlled experiment".
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoIt was a terrible controlled experiment. Mostly older people go on cruise ships. We learned about one demographic only from that sample. The disease is harsh, kills too many in alarming ways (lung cascade reaction) and leaves survivors with lifelong debilitating damage. This is not like normal flu, and not a thing to be dismissed nor marginalized.
- tinyhouse 7y agoIf mostly older people go on cruises as you say then it's even better news. If less that 1% died on that ship then the general population mortality rate should be even lower.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoWealthy, fit older people without medical conditions?
- tinyhouse 7y agoFit? That's a funny assumption to make. If it was something like a hiking trip then it would've been a fair assumption. Wealthy? Probably. Healthy? To a certain degree makes sense too. I just read somewhere that at least 1000 people on the ship were 70+. I'd take a young person's immune system over any 70+ year old any day. Any way you look at it, the numbers on the ship are much more positive than a lot of what's reported in the media. More importantly, they are also more trustworthy in my opinion. The main reason is that there are fewer unknowns.