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There are several variables here but it's also important to keep in mind that the 36% positive rate in this cohort presumably does not include people who had th

• gnulinux 7y ago
  A Diamond Princess ex-passenger died as late as March 24. The first patient was tested positive on February 1, and the ship was quarantined on Feb 4, and everyone left the ship on March 1. It doesn't seem unlikely you can die from this virus a month (or even two months?) after testing positive. Or maybe I'm missing something?
  • irishcoffee 7y ago
    Occams Razor would suggest that they may not have caught the virus on the boat then but perhaps after, no?
    • gowld 7y ago
      Why? 23 days for the longest time to succumb isn't surprisingly long. small exposure, healthy person / lucky genes, good medical treatment, but not quite healthy/lucky/good enough.
      • gnulinux 7y ago
        Well the longest possible according to this data would be 54 days. We don't know the identity of patients who died, could be one of the people who tested positive on Feb 1 (or sometime in early Feb).
    • ska 7y ago
      Given current information, Occam's razor cuts the other way. Unless perhaps that person had another known significant contact.