Post by respect77 on Mar 7, 2020 5:50:42 GMT
We have the third confirmed case, this time a Hungarian man who visited Milan at the end of February.
I think we have a lot more cases, to be honest, they are just not testing most people.
Italy's death toll is very concerning.
"Italy reported 41 new deaths from coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 148, the second highest outside of China, where just over 3,000 people have died since the outbreak began in December. "
Also the WHO yesterday corrected the statistics for fatality. Now it is at 3.4% instead of 2%. To compare: the flu's fatality rate is 0.1%. So yeah, this is NOT the flu.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/coronavirus-facts-what-is-the-mortality-rate-and-is-there-a-cure-covid-19
What is the mortality rate of the new coronavirus?
It is probably about or a bit less than 1%. Much higher figures have been flying about, but the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, is one of those who believes it will prove to be 1% or lower. The World Health Organization’s director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, talked of 3.4%, but his figure was calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the number of officially confirmed cases. We know there are many more mild cases that do not get to hospital and are not being counted, which would bring the mortality rate significantly down.
It is probably about or a bit less than 1%. Much higher figures have been flying about, but the chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, is one of those who believes it will prove to be 1% or lower. The World Health Organization’s director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, talked of 3.4%, but his figure was calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the number of officially confirmed cases. We know there are many more mild cases that do not get to hospital and are not being counted, which would bring the mortality rate significantly down.
But isn't that the same with any other virus as well? I mean I'm sure when they calculate the ratio for the flu, it's the same: number of deaths per KNOWN cases. They can only calculate what they know. If someone has mild flu symptoms and doesn't go to the doctor that won't be calculated either. Still when we compare the two, it's 0.1 % (flu) vs. 3.4% (coronavirus).