If true, then mortality is extremely low.
There are frequently no obvious symptoms apparent in an infected (contagious) person
Same thing. If there are no obvious symptoms then lethality is probably low. Also to produce a lot of viruses a person will need to have symptoms.
My speculation, and the speculation that there is a widespread 2.5% fatal pandemic spreading around the planet will both be testable in a few weeks. At that point I would expect others to correct their mistakes as I will if I am wrong.
There are no obvious symptoms - before death of patient. This is no just ‘the flu’ - word out of China is that it has mutated into something worse.
The number of people infected by a single person is unprecedented at 3.8. Obvious (fever cough etc) symptoms are not necessary to produce a lot of virus in this case - evidently. While you might balk at that, remember China’s primer Bio Research center is in Wusan (which according to a Chinese press release is working diligently on the problem. They go on to state there is absolutely no possibility that anything escaped and everyone is perfectly safe). Perhaps the never read about Fort Detrick.
No one knows what the correct mortality number is, since the biggest outbreak is in China who will never release accurate of complete numbers, We will just have to wait until there is sufficient cases in the West before mortality rate can be judged