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Does anyone have a data source that includes recoveries? There’s been a lot of fearmongering over the past month based on charts of cumulative cases.
by TechBro8615 4y ago
Does anyone have a data source that includes recoveries? There’s been a lot of fearmongering over the past month based on charts of cumulative cases.
- yosito 4y agoAccording to the CDC: > Infections with the type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak—the West African type—are rarely fatal. Over 99% of people who get this form of the disease are likely to survive. https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/faq.html
- IAmNotACellist 4y ago>Over 99% of people who get this form of the disease are likely to survive. So it has an IFR two orders of magnitude higher than COVID-19 in young people.