“Further confirms that CV is MORE CONTAGIOUS and LESS LETHAL than we thought.”
Actually, no, that’s pretty much on target based on the number of confirmed cases and the expected number of presymptomatic and asymptomatic cases we have. Given that the test subjects were volunteers - self-selected - the study is likely to be heavy on the infected, current and prior, anyway.
BTW, if this is “further” confirmation, what was the prior confirmation?
You can’t just wish away the results from well defined and well tested populations.
“BTW, if this is “further” confirmation, what was the prior confirmation?”
We have antibody studies from Stanford CA, Gangelt (Univ of Bonn - Germany), Diamond Princess, pregnant women at two NY hospitals, and now this Chelsea MA study.
USA current confirmed CV cases = 767K.
USA current number of CV deaths = 40K
USA fatalities as a percentage of confirmed cases = 5.2%
BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE/HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH CV? IT IS IN THE MILLIONS. AND WHAT ARE THE CV FATALITIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE INFECTED? THIS QUESTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BEFORE SHUTTING THE US ECONOMY DOWN. JUST LOOK AT WHAT SWEDEN HAS DONE.
THE PRELIMINARY CV ANTIBODY TESTS ARE COMING IN WITH A CV FATALITY RATE BETWEEN 0.1 AND 0.4% AS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE INFECTED.
Keep in mind that 90% of those dying with CV are over the age of 75 with preexisting health conditions. Many people who died of CV might have died with a bad case of the flu.
USA Influenza Estimates (9/29/2019-3/21/2020)
People infected = 39M
Hospitalizations = 400K
Number of deaths = 24K
Fatalities as a percentage of those infected = 0.06%.
Many more CV antibody tests are forthcoming. If these numbers hold then the CV is only slightly more deadly than the flu. WE CAN STOP THIS MEDIA INDUCED PANIC AND NONSENSE AND GET AMERICA BACK TO WORK!!!