01-30-2020, 10:08 AM
Punatic007 - So there is no chance it is a naturally occurring virus because...? As for the documented intentional and repeated release of SARS in Beijing, I'd love to read that source.
voyager1 - Assuming the dead are not considered recovered, that is a mortality rate of over 50% by my very limited ability it calculate statistics
Again that's not how fatality rates are calculated. You want deaths out of confirmed cases (so 171/8236 or about 2%) which is likely lower as there are many more people likely to be untested or with mild symptoms than unaccounted deaths. That number will change as those cases progress but given how quickly the virus is spreading the precautions China has taken make sense as you don't actually know the CFR for a novel virus at the outset of an epidemic. They were roundly criticized for failing to react and then concealing the extent of the SARS epidemic now they are criticized for over-reacting. Just can't please everyone.
As for $$$, did you know the Chinese use the same word for crisis as for opportunity? Yes, Crisitunity!
PS: Novel coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO (largely to protect poor countries with weak health care systems)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51318246
voyager1 - Assuming the dead are not considered recovered, that is a mortality rate of over 50% by my very limited ability it calculate statistics
Again that's not how fatality rates are calculated. You want deaths out of confirmed cases (so 171/8236 or about 2%) which is likely lower as there are many more people likely to be untested or with mild symptoms than unaccounted deaths. That number will change as those cases progress but given how quickly the virus is spreading the precautions China has taken make sense as you don't actually know the CFR for a novel virus at the outset of an epidemic. They were roundly criticized for failing to react and then concealing the extent of the SARS epidemic now they are criticized for over-reacting. Just can't please everyone.
As for $$$, did you know the Chinese use the same word for crisis as for opportunity? Yes, Crisitunity!
PS: Novel coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO (largely to protect poor countries with weak health care systems)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51318246