They’re dead Jim.
Now I’m worried, this explains the massive hospital building, the quarantine, everything. I hope the President is up-to-snuff and knows what a serious threat we are facing. He needs to halt all travel now, and you know what I mean.
Keep in mind that mild cases would not even go to a doctor, and thus not show up on statistics.
“Intensive Treatment” as it sys in the article is a whole lot different from the “Intensive Care” headlined. I think the headline writer got his story wrong.
1/4 require intensive care...would that mean that more then that require hospitalization?
““About 25% of them have very serious disease, requiring relatively intensive or really intensive care,” said the director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.”
Welcome to the party - we’ve been talking about that exact number (25%) since early last week. If this bug goes widespread, our healthcare system doesn’t stand a chance (regardless of death rate).
So, we would expect to see the mortality raise as the hospital system gets overwhelmed.
“Very Serious” is being in room full of rocking chairs with 20 long tail cats...
Thanks for posting in case some were unaware. This 25% ICU estimate has been out there. If you catch this thing you will be in bad shape for a while.
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WEll then we should see that 2.145% mortality rate climb soon. So far it has remained in that area, as it relates to documented cases.
To help put this in perspective for those who are comparing this to the regular flu such as this season in the USA, what percent of our USA regular flu patients are requiring an intensive care or semi intensive care hospital bed here, this flu season? Or in any average year here in the USA?
What is the genetic susceptibility of this particular coronavirus? Many Westerners live and work in Wusan. How many of them have become infected or have died? These are very politically incorrect questions to ask. However the answers are critical to understand the epidemiology of this disease.
Wow. 25% is shockingly high number. You know, if one were a believer in Old Testament-style wrath and plagues, one might suspect that China’s recent gleeful crackdown on religion had swift and severe consequences.
Stock up on food and other necessities now, so the stores can get freight going and restock sooner. We don’t want to go to public places during the possible difficult time ahead, and we don’t want to shut them down with employee illnesses.
And if people start getting the virus in your area, avoid public restrooms like the *plague.* Surfaces, feces...extremely dangerous.
Know what you’re going to get before going to any public place. Best to stock up in advance, though.
Which means 75% aren’t
One needs to remember that most of China is in fact a third world country with third world health care
Yeah, just where I want to go.
A hospital built in 10 days using Chinese concrete, steel and drywall.
The upper-tier insured, investor class here may be in for a rude, momentary awakening soon.