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"mild" means "you probably have pneumonia, just not bad enough that it could suddenly kill you, so you don't need to be in the hospital (yet?)"

by kec 7y ago

hpkuarg 7y ago
Not the GP, but "mild" probably actually means mild. Given that only (highly) symptomatic people are tested, we don't know how many people contracted the virus and only had mild cold symptoms. Developing pneumonia would already put you outside of that "mild" designation.
- easytiger 7y ago
  We have a pretty good idea in Italy how many cases are asymptomatic or very mild and it is enormous. Traveling right now but if you are interested I'll update tomorrow
  - spion 7y ago
    Yes, please.
    - easytiger 7y ago
      https://www.sanitainformazione.it/salute/scovare-i-positivi-casa-per-casa-cosi-abbiamo-sconfitto-il-virus-a-vo-il-virologo-crisanti-racconta-il-modello-veneto/ https://www.sanitainformazione.it/salute/scovare-i-positivi-... In English: https://mobile.twitter.com/andreamatranga/status/1239774862572277760 https://mobile.twitter.com/andreamatranga/status/12397748625... > According to Crisanti, the director of the virology lab of U Padua, as little as 10% of #COVID2019 carriers show any symptoms at all. He sampled repeatedly the entire 3k+ population of Vo ', one of the initial clusters. https://grapevine.is/news/2020/03/15/first-results-of-general-population-screening-about-1-of-icelanders-with-coronavirus/ https://grapevine.is/news/2020/03/15/first-results-of-genera... > 700 have been tested. Kári says that about half of those who tested positive have shown no symptoms, and the other half show symptoms have having a regular cold. https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/16/news/coronavirus_studio_il_50-75_dei_casi_a_vo_sono_asintomatici_e_molto_contagiosi-251474302/ https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/... > "The vast majority of people infected with Covid-19, between 50 and 75%, are completely asymptomatic but represent a formidable source of contagion". The Professor of Clinical Immunology of the University of Florence Sergio Romagnani writes

"mild" means "you probably have pneumonia, just not bad enough that it could suddenly kill you, so you don't need to be in the hospital (yet?)"

by kec 7y ago

"mild" means "you probably have pneumonia, just not bad enough that it could suddenly kill you, so you don't need to be in the hospital (yet?)"

hpkuarg 7y ago

Not the GP, but "mild" probably actually means mild. Given that only (highly) symptomatic people are tested, we don't know how many people contracted the virus and only had mild cold symptoms. Developing pneumonia would already put you outside of that "mild" designation.

easytiger 7y ago
We have a pretty good idea in Italy how many cases are asymptomatic or very mild and it is enormous. Traveling right now but if you are interested I'll update tomorrow
- spion 7y ago
  Yes, please.
  - easytiger 7y ago
    https://www.sanitainformazione.it/salute/scovare-i-positivi-casa-per-casa-cosi-abbiamo-sconfitto-il-virus-a-vo-il-virologo-crisanti-racconta-il-modello-veneto/ https://www.sanitainformazione.it/salute/scovare-i-positivi-... In English: https://mobile.twitter.com/andreamatranga/status/1239774862572277760 https://mobile.twitter.com/andreamatranga/status/12397748625... > According to Crisanti, the director of the virology lab of U Padua, as little as 10% of #COVID2019 carriers show any symptoms at all. He sampled repeatedly the entire 3k+ population of Vo ', one of the initial clusters. https://grapevine.is/news/2020/03/15/first-results-of-general-population-screening-about-1-of-icelanders-with-coronavirus/ https://grapevine.is/news/2020/03/15/first-results-of-genera... > 700 have been tested. Kári says that about half of those who tested positive have shown no symptoms, and the other half show symptoms have having a regular cold. https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/16/news/coronavirus_studio_il_50-75_dei_casi_a_vo_sono_asintomatici_e_molto_contagiosi-251474302/ https://www.repubblica.it/salute/medicina-e-ricerca/2020/03/... > "The vast majority of people infected with Covid-19, between 50 and 75%, are completely asymptomatic but represent a formidable source of contagion". The Professor of Clinical Immunology of the University of Florence Sergio Romagnani writes