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That's a mixed bag, as on one hand sure the number of dead goes down per 100, but then the number of folks infected goes up, thereby meaning the same number of
by brianbreslin 6y ago
That's a mixed bag, as on one hand sure the number of dead goes down per 100, but then the number of folks infected goes up, thereby meaning the same number of dead possibly, or more people infected in hospitals.
- slumdev 6y agoSARS-CoV-2, by best estimates (0.3% mortality), is roughly 3x as deadly as the seasonal flu. The common cold is a coronavirus. It is significantly less deadly than the seasonal flu. We have every reason to believe that a more contagious but less deadly version will resemble the common cold.
- alicorn 6y agoCommon cold is caused by a variety of viruses, only a small subset of which is coronaviruses. Look it up.
- thehappypm 6y agoThe mortality rate is higher than .3%. .3% of New York City has already died. Unless the vast majority of New Yorkers have already contracted the virus, the mortality rate has to be substantially higher than .3%.
- tsimionescu 6y agoSARS1 was also a coronavirus, and it had more than 50% mortality for those infected. The virus strain tells you nothing about its mortality. SARS-CoV-2 is also only ~3x as deadly as the flu WITH UNPRECEDENTED MEASURES TO CONTAIN IT. In areas where it wasn't contain, such as the initial outbreak in Italy that overwhelmed hospitals, it was 10x or more as deadly as the flu.
- paganel 6y agoAt some point the virus will run out of people to infect.
- sjg007 6y agoIt actually will just continue to mutate and start reinfecting people as immunity wanes.
- lazide 6y agoInfluenza certainly hasn't. It will mutate past defenses, and survive, just as seasonal coronaviruses have - unless a concerted effort occurs to completely eradicate it, and that effort is successful.