That’s probably the case with most viruses, including some of the the most severe historical pandemics. Not really a startling revelation.Bring Out Your DeadYep. But this time they'll be added to the denominator, and that compared to historical epidemics, will lower the perceived death rate.
The low reported rate will be used to bludgeon Orange Man Bad for overreacting...
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
The false positive rate was 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's or one old fart’s life, it's worth it.