The mortality rate different should get your attention. And around here, number of cases is doubling every 2 days or so. Ugly.
Difference, not different.
Massive testing in Iceland shows that many infected show no symptoms or mild symptoms. Those don’t get factored into the denominator in the US mortality calculations or in the calculations of most other countries.
Are the death rates doubling as well, or is the mortality rate dropping as more cases are identified? That’s the key. Number of cases is only half the story and the lesser half at that. We could have a million cases, but if the mortality rate is .025% 25,000 death it’s not a big deal. If we have 100K cases and the mortality rate is 2.5% 250,000 that’s an issue.
Since we don't know how many people have contracted the virus, we don't have a "rate". We have a whole number.
You can't have a rate without a denominator.
The problem is we have NO idea what the real denominator is.
How many people have Covid-19 who don’t have a clue they have it? How long has it really been spreading?
So now China has definitely identified the fish-monger at a market in Wuhan who started this all in December. Really???