03-11-2020, 11:49 AM
Our CDC doesn't even know how many have been tested and without that information, it is impossible to know total number of cases let alone mortality rate. So there numbers can only be guess work.
The Chinese have had 80,000 confirmed cases and vary harsh measures and controls that give them better info than the few cases reported by the CDC. Unless one assumes they are misleading the world.
Of course, these numbers probably lack the "infected that don't have symptoms". That is why health officials have used the 2% mortality rate instead of the 3.9% reported. And this number is in line with a new type of influenza, such as the mortality rate of the 1918 flu.
The Chinese have had 80,000 confirmed cases and vary harsh measures and controls that give them better info than the few cases reported by the CDC. Unless one assumes they are misleading the world.
Of course, these numbers probably lack the "infected that don't have symptoms". That is why health officials have used the 2% mortality rate instead of the 3.9% reported. And this number is in line with a new type of influenza, such as the mortality rate of the 1918 flu.