86% of people with coronavirus are walking around undetected, study says

nypost ^ | 03/17/2020 | Jackie Salo

[CodeToad]

“Same as the seasonal flu, right?”

Actually, if this information is true, then it is far less a risk than the flu.

[HangnJudge]

Yup, I would conjecture about 9/10

[Hot Tabasco]

what are the number of ill people in the hospital right now and how many of them require ventilation? In the USA.

At last count we have 53 positives here in Michigan. If any were hospitalized per your question, local media would be all over it. Since they're not, it's safe to say none of them are seriously ill, if at all.

[wastoute]

It is beginning to look like the seriously ill is an order of magnitude larger than the dead and the number of asymptomatic is another two orders of magnitude above that. So working back wards the seriously ill in the US right now may be 700 and the asymptomatic 70,000. A bit off. But subtract the cluster of 40 and count it as “one” 30 dead (roughly) and 300 seriously ill, 30,000 asymptomatic. Roughly, as of today. Within an order of magnitude, I think. Down the road, one million asymptomatic, 10,000 seriously ill, 1,000 dead. Doubling every 4 days we’ll be there in a month. This could be doable.

[ifinnegan]

This would mean it’s quite benign.

Some interesting news.

“As of Sunday afternoon, the state had 335 verified cases of COVID-19, a 14 percent increase in a day, and six fatalities, after a new death was reported overnight in San Mateo County. Healthcare providers have conducted 8,316 tests.”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-newsom-calls-for-bars-nightclub-to-close-across-california/

335 of 8316 tests means 96% of those tested don’t have it.

My caveat here is it’s unclear that all results of the 8316 test are included in the 335.

[zerosix]

That’s why Dr. Fauchi has refused to give out blanket numbers. He said if he or anyone else dies, “they own that number,” rightly or wrongly.

[dfwgator]

I look at the live webcams from Wuhan, it doesn’t look like they are “back to business” to me.

[right way right]

I have allergies...I think.

[subterfuge]

Big. Fat. Lie.

[HangnJudge]

...Also means that 86% of the people carrying DON’T GET SICK.

No, sadly, they have not shown illness... yet

[Sans-Culotte]

Same as the seasonal flu, right?

Flu with no symptoms and you don't even know you have it? Sign me up!

[Mopp4]

86% of people with coronavirus are walking around undetected, study says

If it's undetected, then how do they know this number ?

[Buckeye McFrog]

If this is true that means the death rate is much lower than currently calculated.

Bingo! Someone here gets math.

[KierkegaardMAN]

The three types of lies:
Lies
Damned lies
Statistics

[lightman]

I get the math:

MOST people don’t get sick.
A FEW people get mildly sick.
FEWER people get really sick.

[desertfreedom765]

Probably, but its still burdening the healthcare system.

[Maris Crane]

There is no doubt in my mind, even though I feel great:

WE ALL HAVE IT...AND DO NOT BE STUPID ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THE TEST WHEN IT SHOWS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE IT...YOU KNOW BETTER.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

If this is true that means the death rate is much lower than currently calculated.

Precisely. Probably the same as seasonal flu.

[Leep]

“86% of people infected walking around undetected, a new study says.”

How do they figure that out? I guess Big Foot is 100% walking around undetected?

[Grampa Dave]

“undocumented infections”

More pure BS posing as hard data where there “ain’t” no hard data.