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Any information about the average age of those who died?
So much for the conspiracy that no one knows who these infected people are...
Ebola for instance was contained for the most part to the African continent. Unless it got out of Africa, nobody here was going to care as long as the prices on our goods remain cheap. .... Sad but a true fact. If it does not directly affect you, why bother? ..
Anyone know the time period between confirmed infection and fatality ?
Seems to be fairly rapid.
Chris, I'm very sorry to hear that your friends were infected. Hopefully they are young and the disease will be mild. They are fortunate that those who infected them remembered all those that they had been in contact with during that period of time. COVID-19 is very insidious in that those who have it are most infectious before showing symptoms.
From Munich Clinic Schwabing, a teaching hospital, Clemens Wendtner, director of infectious disease and tropical medicine at the hospital announced the results of 9 patients who contracted the virus in Germany. Tests showed that they were contagious in the first week of the disease and before symptoms appeared. Nasal and throat swabs taken at the time showed that the patients produced thousands to millions of infectious viruses in their noses and throats. After the eighth day of symptoms, the researchers could still detect the virus's genetic material, RNA, in patients' swabs or samples, but could no longer find infectious viruses. The researchers theorized that the patients were producing antibodies that were killing the free virus particles.
So if that is true for most people it is not good news because if you are one of the asymptomatic COVID-19 cases or are just mildly with it or just getting sick, you're putting out a whole lot of virus particles. In effect passing the disease to others totally unaware
one of italian report i've posted
give (median)
8 days from symptoms to death
4 days from symptoms to hospitalization
4 days from hospitalization to death, this became 5 days if go in ICU
Chris, what surprised me was the viral load in those asymptomatic individuals. They're contagious as hell and yet feel and look perfectly normal. Then you feel ill, get tested, 3-4 days later you have a positive....now, let's see how many people did I come in contact with over the last week...
Some countries, including the UK are past that stage. They are no longer tracing contacts and testing. That's why there will be many untested and infected people at large. Only those presenting with symptoms will be tested. The dead are not being tested (people still die, even if not infected!).
We do not have reliable figures for the total number of infections. They are estimated according to epidemiological models. The UK's Chief Medical Officer, several days ago, gave a wide ranging estimate for total infections, between twenty and fifty times the number who had tested positive.
one of italian report i've posted
give (median)
8 days from symptoms to death
4 days from symptoms to hospitalization
4 days from hospitalization to death, this became 5 days if go in ICU
Again, though the numbers may be correct, let's understand the variables. So far the vast majority of cases have been mild and in most cases people will recover. If you discover symptoms, you will PROBABLY not die in 8 days. Rather, you may be among the many who will fully recover. Similarly, you my not even need to be hospitalized.