The average age of infected is 59.
Not if they cause respiratory arrest.
The first numbers = 2% fatalities. That could be from children or old people.
That isn’t so bad.
Viruses can be lived through with rest, rest, liquids, rest and a decent diet.
study of the first 99 patients
All of the 99 patients taken to the hospital had pneumonia - their lungs were inflamed and the tiny sacs where oxygen moves from the air to the blood were filling with water.
Other symptoms were:
82 had fever
81 had a cough
31 had shortness of breath
11 had muscle ache
nine had confusion
eight had a headache
five had a sore throat
First deaths
The first two patients to die were seemingly healthy, although they were long-term smokers and that would have weakened their lungs.
The first, a 61-year-old man, had severe pneumonia when he arrived at hospital.
He was in acute respiratory distress, meaning his lungs were unable to provide enough oxygen to his organs to keep his body alive.
Despite being put on a ventilator, his lungs failed and his heart stopped beating.
He died 11 days after he was admitted.
The second patient, a 69-year-old man, also had acute respiratory distress syndrome.
He was attached to an artificial lung or ECMO (extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation) machine but this wasn’t enough.
He died of severe pneumonia and septic shock when his blood pressure collapsed.
At least 10% die
As of 25 January, of the 99 patients:
57 were still in hospital
31 had been discharged
11 had died
This does not mean the death rate of the disease is 11%, though, as some of those still in hospital may yet die and many others have such mild symptoms they do not end up in hospital.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51214864
The normal flu is something like 10% of that number.
And remember, cases means tested. Much like the US, most people haven’t been hospitalized or tested. To compare to the US flu, 35 million got it last year. Just under half a million were hospitalized. 32,200 died.
What we are missing is an “all deaths” for the area. Without that, you won’t be able to gauge the “unrecorded” or “incidental” deaths caused by not being able to get to the hospital.
Yep - very similar to “normal” Flu numbers..haven’t seen where any have dies outside China - only a handful of human-human transmissions outside China and the American case is husband/wife.
Has to skyrocket to get worldwide deaths anywhere near the 80K Americans who dies in the 2017-2018 Flu season...
> That could be from children or old people. That isn’t so bad. <
There are a heck of a lot of old Freepers on here. Barring weaponized bat virus, most should be able to annoy libtards for many years to come.
The loss of even one child to man made virus is an outrage.