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There are two sides of that coin. One side: it's much more widespread than we realize. Other side: it's much more mild and less fatal than we first thought.
by nostromo 7y ago
There are two sides of that coin.
One side: it's much more widespread than we realize.
Other side: it's much more mild and less fatal than we first thought.
- goatlover 7y agoA third side is a majority of the infections are still early stage, as was the case in Italy a couple weeks ago.
- zapita 7y agoYou’re assuming all deaths caused by Coronavirus are correctly identified as such. Sadly that’s almost guaranteed to not be the case.
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- tunesmith 7y agoAt the Friday press conference, they said that the LabCorp / LabQuest tests were testing about 2% positive. I don't have much of an insight to this, but isn't that weirdly low if it's truly everywhere? Especially if you factor in the limited testing and that testing will only be given to the more urgent high risk cases. 98% are just something else like the cold or the flu, or a false negative.
- rjtavares 7y agoThe fatality number is irrelevant. We know it overwhelms health systems, and there's no ICU capacity to handle it. That's all you need tk knoe.