[apologist]

A sobering indicator is a comment from "Mother Abigail" in a thread a couple of days ago. She stated that the number of people dying is about equal to the number of people being released from the hospital in Hong Kong. She also mentioned that it is still very very early, so this statistic could easily skew in either direction. However, it is certainly enough to make a 3% mortality rate look optimistic.

Have people been released? I've been wondering about this and haven't seen anything about people going home.

Another factor that could skew the results is the possibility (HOPE!) that the disease will burn itself out. In other words, it may become less deadly as it works itself through the population.

Is there a precedent for this; a disease that has gotten weaker as it progressed?

[Judith Anne]

bump to myself.

[EternalHope]

Yes, some people been released. I do not know what percentage.

Yes, there is precedent for a disease getting weaker as it works its way through the population.

I am not a doctor, although I have a lot of experience and training in statistics, specifically including bio-statistics. For specific medical information, FreeRepublic has a number of medical experts, such as Mother Abigail, providing information on this. They are an outstanding source of information.