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This is actually not such a bad thing. It means that the true case rate is much much higher, and thus the true fatality rate is much much lower.
by H8crilA 7y ago
This is actually not such a bad thing. It means that the true case rate is much much higher, and thus the true fatality rate is much much lower.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoThe total fatalities are still unsupportably high. The #1 cause of death in the US, and its been around just a month or two. The rates are interesting data. But don't make the leap to "not dangerously infectious"
- finolex1 7y agoA disease where only symptomatic people tend to be infectious would be far easier to manage and cause lower total damage even if it were deadlier.
- spikels 7y agoOn the other hand this means it is much more infectious and there are many more infective asymptotic carriers. This will almost certainly make it impossible to contain using traditional public health means such as contact tracing and quarantining.