That doesn’t even count the 14% severe cases (marked by difficulty breathing), and 5% critical (respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure), which would utterly overwhelm our hospitals. 2/ http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/02/study-72000-covid-19-patients-finds-23-death-rate …
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Assuming the case fatality rate actually does turn out to be 2%, no, 98% won’t necessarily be fine. 5% could end up on ventilators for varying lengths of time, for instance. There will be sequelae. 3/
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Yes, I know trust the deaths won’t be randomly distributed. It’ll be the elderly and those with chronic illness who’ll have a higher mortality rate than the young and healthy. But it’ll still be a lot of deaths. Don’t the old and medically frail count? 4/
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Think of it this way. The case fatality rate for the influenza pandemic of 1918 was estimated to be “only” around 2-3% by
@WHO. How’d that turn out? After all, 97-98% of those who got the Spanish flu were “fine.”
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To conclude, yes, I agree that we shouldn’t panic, but there’s a difference between not panicking and turning into a modern-day Pangloss, oblivious to the potential devastation that even a disease with “just 2% mortality” might cause. 6/6
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He is appealing to the average person not understanding statistics, a failure of the education system conservatives have undermined for years.
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For those who are elderly, immunocompromised, or new born, Engel's view can be a death sentence. My immune system thinks that my muscles, bones and connective tissue are all foreign and attack daily so I guess I'll just concede defeat now and wait to expire.
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I’ve been on flixotide since the worst of the bushfire smoke came through here and waiting for my spirometry test next week and now I’m like, “What’s next?”
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Who the FUCK is this guy to represent “virologists.” Put a name behind it or STFU.
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"NBC chief foreign correspondent" FFS
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