I know every facebook blowhard witters on about death rates and how everyone is just being a whiny snowflake, but look at those numbers from Italy. 40% of people who have it are in hospital. Forty Percent. Forty.
“Officials have struggled to find an accurate count of the death rate because many people with mild cases don't show symptoms and may not seek treatment.”https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who-says-coronavirus-death-rate-is-3point4percent-globally-higher-than-previously-thought.html …
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We're talking at crossed purposes here I think. You're talking about the pyramid that dilutes the theoretical rates, I'm talking about % at the top of it. Let's say the % of cases that have noticeable symptoms is just 10%. But 40% of those are hospitalised. That is a lot!
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This is why the uncertainty re number of infections makes it hard to gauge severity. If 50% v. 10% of cases are known, then applying the 40% hospitalization rate (itself problematic) means 20% v. 4% of cases are severe enough to require hospitalization.
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