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That is not what the data I posted stated, what is your source {not being a smart*ss, but I really want to know as I let facts and data drive my thinking].
I'm pretty sure WHO, JAMA and NEJM are not playing anybody as a fool, they are making their comments based on the information they have on hand and based on past experiances.
"World Health Organization
(WHO) officials on Tuesday estimated that the global mortality rate for new coronavirus infections, known as COVID-19, is about 3.4%, which is higher than the 2% officials previously had reported.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the 3.4% mortality rate for COVID-19 is higher than the flu's global mortality rate. "Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1% of those infected," he said. However, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said COVID-19's updated mortality rate is a "crudely calculated" snapshot based on the growing number of cases outside of China and is expected to "change over time, and vary from place to place."
Public health experts have warned that discrepancies in how different countries report individual cases and determine how contagious the new coronavirus is makes it hard to determine a precise global case count, and as a result, we don't yet have an accurate mortality rate. For instance, research published last week in JAMA suggests the mortality rate for the virus currently is around 2%, while a report published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) estimated the mortality rate is 1.4%.
According to an editorial published in NEJM by Anthony Fauci and Clifford Lane from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and CDC director Robert Redfield, the true death rate for the coronavirus could end up being below 1%, which would make it similar to the death rate seen in a severe flu season."
Is the new coronavirus deadlier than the flu?
Yeah, but not as much as both Ibuprofen (iso-butyl-propanoic-phenylic acid) and aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). Of course any medicine will give you extra health problems if you take too much.Marcel, you had me for a bit with that name. Here in the US it is called Acetaminophen or under the brand name TYLENOL. Got to be very careful about overdosing as it has some very negative affects on the liver.
Ditto from here. Save the political debates for Facebook.Alright everyone tone down the political rhetoric.
Ditto from here. Save the political debates for Facebook.
Now you can go back to being scared of Muslims and Mexicans.
Sorry, off to read a book...
Italy report, 5 p.m. today
deaths 2,503, sicks cumulative 31,506, recoveries 2,941, tests 148,657
lethality rate 7.94%
The UK are now advising against Ibuprofen for Coronavirus symptoms.Yeah, but not as much as both Ibuprofen (iso-butyl-propanoic-phenylic acid) and aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). Of course any medicine will give you extra health problems if you take too much.
Any information about the average age of those who died?
For whatever its worth ive heard 3 health care professionals, including one of the Chinese doctors who were on this early on say that it appears a small percentage of the population( one of them said about 2%) doesn't make sufficient antibodies the first time around and can get it again.unlucky this is not a news, already from China came news you can get it again but there were some hope in test wrong
Any information about the average age of those who died?
Joe, IMHO that age would be/is very misleading as are almost all the stats on this disease. Let's begin with the median & mean age. Any median and mean taken from this skewed curve is essentially useless as the are going to be far far apart. In general older sicker males with preexisting conditions are much more likely to die than their younger healthier females and males for that matter.
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The biggest problem and the factor that skews these stats into "best guess" territory is the vast number of unreported mild and asymptomatic cases. Consider a study by the Imperial College of London:
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Assuming the number of people who have reportedly died from COVID-19 is reasonably accurate, then the percentage of infected people who die from the disease must have been much lower than the 2–3% estimates commonly reported. That is because the number of infected people is much larger than the number tested and reported. Most people infected by COVID-19 are never counted as being infected. That is because, the Imperial College study explains, "the bottom of the pyramid represents the likeliest largest population of those infected with either mild, non‐specific symptoms or who are asymptomatic." So as you can see, even here more guess work.
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, stated in his February 28 briefing, "Most people will have a mild disease and get better without needing any special care." Several studies have found that about 80% of all the COVID-19 cases have relatively minor symptoms which end without severe illness and therefore remain unreported and thus are not part of any statistical study.