Death by Corona numbers explode to 61

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How does the case fatality rate (CFR) of COVID-19 compare to other virus outbreaks and diseases?

Once again, we should stress what we discussed above. One has to understand the measurement challenges and the definitions to interpret estimates of the CFR for COVID-19, particularly those relating to an ongoing outbreak.

As comparisons, the table shows the case fatality rates for other disease outbreaks. The CFR of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV were high: 10% and 34%, respectively.48

The US seasonal flu has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1% – much lower than the current CFR for COVID-19.

Sources of data shown in the table:
SARS-CoV: Venkatesh, S. & Memish, Z.A. (‎2004)‎. SARS: the new challenge to international health and travel medicine. EMHJ – Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10 (‎4-5)‎, 655-662, 2004.
SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV: Munster, V. J., Koopmans, M., van Doremalen, N., van Riel, D., & de Wit, E. (2020). A novel coronavirus emerging in China—key questions for impact assessment. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(8), 692-694.
Seasonal flu: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Influenza Burden, 2018-19.
Ebola: Shultz, J. M., Espinel, Z., Espinola, M., & Rechkemmer, A. (2016). Distinguishing epidemiological features of the 2013–2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak. Disaster Health, 3(3), 78-88.
Ebola: World Health Organization (2020). Ebola virus disease: Factsheet.

Disease with Estimated case fatality rate (CFR)

SARS-CoV 10%
Venkatesh and Memish (‎2004)‎
Munster et al. (2020)

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MERS-CoV 34%
Munster et al. (2020)

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Seasonal flu (US) 0.1%
US CDC

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Ebola 50%
40% in the 2013-16 outbreak

WHO (2020)
Shultz et al. (2016)


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https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus
 
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Dutch Uncle said:
No doubt we'll see worse numbers in the US since very few Chinese are as fat as Americans.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6208a8.htm
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No doubt. We're a sugar-addicted nation. Over consumption of sugar leads to heart and circulatory issues, diabetes,
hypertension, etc. Then all the drugs given to these patients lead to further compromise their immune systems making it
difficult to fight off infections and diseases. It's a vicious circle.
 
Stretch said:
No doubt. We're a sugar-addicted nation. Over consumption of sugar leads to heart and circulatory issues, diabetes,
hypertension, etc. Then all the drugs given to these patients lead to further compromise their immune systems making it
difficult to fight off infections and diseases. It's a vicious circle.
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Agreed, hence more Americans than the starving ChiComs are health compromised. OTOH, our medical system is better given it isn't overloaded.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
You kneel before the Crown don't you? That makes you a British cocksucker.

Not a Trump fan, so you're wrong about that too. Go back to your drinking, monarchist.

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You fucking tard, I was born in the first town in America. Shut the fuck up retard.
Vinland is the Norwegian name for Cape Cod.
 
Rune said:
You fucking tard, I was born in the first town in America. Shut the fuck up retard.
Vinland is the Norwegian name for Cape Cod.
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Only morons don't check their facts.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Vinland
Vinland, the land of wild grapes in North America that was visited and named by Leif Eriksson about the year 1000 CE. Its exact location is not known, but it was probably the area surrounding the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in what is now eastern Canada.


Go peddle your anti-American bullshit some place else, Rune.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Only morons don't check their facts.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Vinland
Vinland, the land of wild grapes in North America that was visited and named by Leif Eriksson about the year 1000 CE. Its exact location is not known, but it was probably the area surrounding the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in what is now eastern Canada.


Go peddle your anti-American bullshit some place else, Rune.
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Does the word probably mean anything to you, Cunt? There is massive amounts of evidence that the Norsemen were here.
Go fuck yourself.
 
Stretch said:
No doubt. We're a sugar-addicted nation. Over consumption of sugar leads to heart and circulatory issues, diabetes,
hypertension, etc. Then all the drugs given to these patients lead to further compromise their immune systems making it
difficult to fight off infections and diseases. It's a vicious circle.
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Obesity is definitely a problem in the U.S. and other industrialized countries. As you pointed out, it can lead to a host of comorbidities. That being said, especially for us over-60s, a bit of extra "fluff" is a good thing. It gives us the reserve to fight infections especially those that attack the lungs. When you are struggling to get enough O2 but can't, your body will begin to cannibalize your fat and then muscle in order to survive. Example: In 1994 I got an influenza-like illness that put me flat on my back for 10 days with temps as high as 105F. Ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. I weighed 95 lbs when I came out; looked like a survivor of Auschwitz. Had started out at 115. I was saved by my relative youthfulness and general good health. Many of we older folks don't have those luxuries now.
 
Hello Darth,

Darth Omar said:
Well, Trump cut flights from China very early—and was called a racist for it. That helped, right?

Trump has been harping on about being so dependent on China—right again.

And if we learn nothing else from this, it’s time to get serious about immigration policy.
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He was called racist not for cutting flights from China but for trying to call the disease by a term which included the word 'China.'

The fact is that it is not possible to prevent a world wide pandemic from entering our country by cutting immigration. We cannot isolate our country in a world economy. North Korea tried that. It hasn't worked out well for their economy.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Obesity is definitely a problem in the U.S. and other industrialized countries. As you pointed out, it can lead to a host of comorbidities. That being said, especially for us over-60s, a bit of extra "fluff" is a good thing. It gives us the reserve to fight infections especially those that attack the lungs. When you are struggling to get enough O2 but can't, your body will begin to cannibalize your fat and then muscle in order to survive. Example: In 1994 I got an influenza-like illness that put me flat on my back for 10 days with temps as high as 105F. Ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. I weighed 95 lbs when I came out; looked like a survivor of Auschwitz. Had started out at 115. I was saved by my relative youthfulness and general good health. Many of we older folks don't have those luxuries now.
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Your reporting is going to spawn a flu diet craze.
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Darth,



He was called racist not for cutting flights from China but for trying to call the disease by a term which included the word 'China.'

The fact is that it is not possible to prevent a world wide pandemic from entering our country by cutting immigration. We cannot isolate our country in a world economy. North Korea tried that. It hasn't worked out well for their economy.
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The Chinese are responsible for the Chinese virus that they failed to contain and then lied about it.
 
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