Posted on 03/26/2020 7:42:38 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Early data from China suggest that a majority of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths have occurred among adults aged ≥60 years and among persons with serious underlying health conditions.
What is added by this report?
This first preliminary description of outcomes among patients with COVID-19 in the United States indicates that fatality was highest in persons aged ≥85, ranging from 10% to 27%, followed by 3% to 11% among persons aged 65–84 years, 1% to 3% among persons aged 55-64 years, <1% among persons aged 20–54 years, and no fatalities among persons aged ≤19 years.
What are the implications for public health practice?
COVID-19 can result in severe disease, including hospitalization, admission to an intensive care unit, and death, especially among older adults. Everyone can take actions, such as social distancing, to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect older adults from severe illness.
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If I get the Wuhan flu, I’m buying some false ID
They’ve gotten treatment protocols in place.
Great news.
Wonder how much of this decrease is due to MD’s using the HCQ/azi over the past week or so since Trump ‘grandstanded’ it at his press conference...
Well the bad news is that Covid-19 kills you deader than the other flus.
From the CDC article that covered data through Mar 16, the estimated severity rates were markedly higher (2449 cases):
I think it is safe to say that while this virus is very contagious, it is much less lethal and much less taxing on resources than most believed just last week. It is still lethal, and still very taxing on resources where the number of cases mushroom (like in NYC), but it is much less than was feared.
“An update on New York state numbers shows 12 per cent of active Covid-19 cases have been hospitalised for the virus.”
How would they know who has had the virus?? That statement assumes they have tested every single person in New York and they have not.
“Wonder how much of this decrease is due to MD’s using the HCQ/azi over the past week or so since Trump ‘grandstanded’ it at his press conference...”
well, one thing we know, apparently a whole bunch of doctors believe it’s effective because they’ve created a nationwide shortage of this drug by writing prescriptions for THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES and have strip-mined the local pharmacies ...
Yes, it is a good point. The denominator is only composed of those who have been confirmed as having COVID-19 and were tested. A good number of people weathered the virus well enough that they never went to a doctor or asked for a test. The death rate on this will end up being less than 1% when all the data comes in.
The denominator is changing, as testing takes effect. Previously, ‘confirmed cases’ never included mild cases, which went unreported. The large majority of cases are considered mild; so leaving them out of the denominator inflated the CFR considerably. Now that testing is testing all cases, we’re getting better numbers.
You posted this, while I was composing my previous reply to you. Seems we made pretty much the same point.
“Now that testing is testing all cases”
No, it is not.
ONLY those who report a narrow and specific set of symptoms are being tested. Many people, myself included, have reported flu-like symptoms that also included anosmia, the loss of smell, for more than a week. Those people are actively being excluded from testing. Some people don’t exhibit a fever, and they, too, are being excluded.
The decrease is due to an increase in testing. The denominator is significantly greater than a week ago.
CDC? tje criminal returns to the scene of his crime and spews pablum.
“Well the bad news is that Covid-19 kills you deader than the other flus.”
Really most sincerely dead?
True!
I think you’re posting fake news.
In general, hospitalizations, critical status and death are all lagging indicators that follow "new cases" anywhere from a few days to 3 or more weeks. At our current point in South Korea, they were about 0.7% fatalities. They are now 1.5%, and if their trend continues they will reach 2.4%. So far, we are not doing as well as SK. Basically, don't hang your hopes on early numbers.
How long till we can go back to work like Americans Pearl clutcher ?
“Really most sincerely dead?”
Might as well be dead in a ditch in Arkansas.
Posting facts is pearl clutching, eh? Go to work when you like. I’m retired. Piss off.
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