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My mistake. I misinterpreted the wording as being a modifier of the range on SARS-CoV-2. The rest of my comment stands. Though 0.5% is 2 order of magnitude les
by endorphone 7y ago
My mistake. I misinterpreted the wording as being a modifier of the range on SARS-CoV-2. The rest of my comment stands.
Though 0.5% is 2 order of magnitude less than 50%. Not to mention that the plague had a mortality rate between 1 - 15%...
- arcticbull 7y agoWikipedia puts bubonic plague at 30-90% if untreated and 10% with treatment [1] and septicemic plague at 100% [2] when untreated. You really don't want a Yersinia pestis infection. I think that's a fair comparison as at this point we don't have a treatment for COVID-19. It's not clear to what extent hydroxychloroquin kills SARS-COV-2 vs. modulating the immune system and preventing cytokine storm. I do understand your point, and I could have been more clear. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague [2] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/plague.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/plagu...