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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Mar 2020

      People aren't surprised when I tell them there are 13,000 Covid-19 cases outside China, or when I tell them this number doubles every 3 days. But when I tell them that if growth continues at this rate, we'll have 1.7 million cases in 3 weeks, they're astonished.

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    2. Jamie Galbreath‏ @jamiegalbreath 4 Mar 2020
      Replying to @paulg @levelsio

      Even worse with 3.4% death rate of 1.7 million = 57,800 people dead, in such a short space of time. (someone check my maths)

      13 replies 2 retweets 36 likes
    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Mar 2020
      Replying to @jamiegalbreath @levelsio

      Your math is ok but I think your death rate is an overestimate.

      15 replies 2 retweets 103 likes
    4. marlo major‏ @marlomajor 4 Mar 2020
      Replying to @paulg @jamiegalbreath @levelsio

      https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who-says-coronavirus-death-rate-is-3point4percent-globally-higher-than-previously-thought.html …

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Mar 2020
      Replying to @marlomajor @jamiegalbreath @levelsio

      Hmm. Clearly we don't have enough data yet. Or at least I don't.

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        2. Bernard Guerrero‏ @BernG 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @marlomajor and

          That 3.4% is based largely on Wuhan numbers, so likely vastly undercounts mild cases since they effectively went to CT/X-ray screening for Pneumonia weeks ago.

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        3. Andrew‏ @aj20000 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @BernG @paulg and

          Follow the Diamond Princess Cruise ship - 3,711 passengers and crew, 706 infected, 6 dead, 10 recovered. 1% death rate might be likely depending on demographics and healthcare quality.

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        2. ؜‏ @oskarth 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @marlomajor and

          Most calculations don't take into account: (a) time lag between onset and death (b) differences in selection of cases w.r.t. severity Most rigorous study I've seen so far, a bit old: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-2019-nCoV-severity-10-02-2020.pdf … CFR of 1-5% outside of China (w. normally operating health care system)

          1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        3. Charlie Robertson‏ @RencapMan 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @oskarth @paulg and

          It’s 1.0% inside China once you strip out Hubei ..and oddly China is the best source as approx 10,000 (ex-Hubei) who got the virus in Jan / early Feb have had time to recover

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        1. Jamie Galbreath‏ @jamiegalbreath 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @marlomajor @levelsio

          Of course a simplistic view. Key is we learn from this and invest before something else becomes a problem like this again. This could have been a much higher death rate.

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        1. Justin Jessee‏ @JustinJessee 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @marlomajor and

          It will be between .5-1%. South Korea numbers are the most reliable when reviewing mortality rates. Just not enough testing elsewhere to get accurate totals (except when they are testing the dead and hospitalized sick).

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        2. Deep‏ @zang0 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @marlomajor and

          South Korea is the only one testing close to scale -- number is better there. Overall samples are highly biased towards more significant cases. Likely death rate is lower, or so we hope.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Energia Publica‏ @EnergiaPublica 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zang0 @paulg and

          S Korea’s number is 0.6% CFR

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        2. Patrick Wakeham  🤹🏽‍♂️‏ @wakehamp 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg @marlomajor and

          that headline was irresponsible click bait. Data is heavily biased to Wuhan, South Korea quite different — based on today’s info.

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        3. lorenzo‏ @lulop1 4 Mar 2020
          Replying to @wakehamp @paulg and

          Italy is precisely there at 3,4%, good universal healthcare but way older population

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