jkcerda on 4/3/2020 at 21:07
Quote Posted by Renzatic
The only reason why we have more deaths from the flu is because we don't spend billions of dollars quarantining entire cities every time it breaks out. If we let corona spread without trying to stop it, it'd infect twice as many people, and the death toll would be considerably higher.
Think of it like this:
The flu infected 42,000,000 people, and killed around 61,200 in 2019. 0.14% of everyone who caught the flu died.
Coronavirus has infected 90,000 people so far. If it were just as deadly as the flu, it would've only killed 128 people so far. Instead, it's killed around 3000.
So you could imagine how much worse it would be if it spread unabated. Even then, it wouldn't be the end of the world, but it'd be really not fucking fun in the least. It'd basically be another 1918 epidemic
we are no putting cities on Quarantine, quarantines right now seem to be voluntary.
this could cripple our economy to a degree but since it is world wide we would all be in the same boat somewhat breaking even.
if in quarantine, HOW are people going to pay their bills? if you are under advised quarantine and have bills to pay your ass will head out to work. ..
again I was wrong in the numbers so my apologies.
Vae on 4/3/2020 at 21:19
Quote Posted by Gryzemuis
The mortality rate of regular flu is around 0.05%. The mortality rate of Corona was 2% we were told. Today on the news it is now said that the rate has been adjusted to 3.4%.
This is basically correct...Yet, to be clear, the newly discovered
Wuhan Coronavirus is named "COVID-19". Which of right now, has a (3.41%) death rate, resulting in roughly 7x (672%) the death rate of the seasonal flu.
EDIT: In addition, the morality rate for COVID-19 is certainly higher than what is being reported here, due to the lack of testing and cover-up by the Chinese government.
Renzatic on 4/3/2020 at 21:33
Quote Posted by jkcerda
we are no putting cities on Quarantine, quarantines right now seem to be voluntary.
Should've clarified. China locked down 5 or 6 cities, the rest of the world is still voluntary. But we're all spending billions combating it.
SubJeff on 4/3/2020 at 22:34
Quote Posted by Vae
EDIT: In addition, the morality rate for COVID-19 is certainly higher than what is being reported here, due to the lack of testing and cover-up by the Chinese government.
Actually, South Korea, which has the highest number of cases outside China, is only reporting a death rate of 0.6%.
They are dealing with it in a different way, test more, catching more. The healthcare practices make a lot of difference. It's not as simple as saying "death rate is X".
jkcerda on 4/3/2020 at 23:12
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Should've clarified. China locked down 5 or 6 cities, the rest of the world is still voluntary. But we're all spending billions combating it.
don't care about China, oh wait my wish order is going to be late :mad:
Vae on 4/3/2020 at 23:17
Quote Posted by SubJeff
Actually, South Korea, which has the highest number of cases outside China, is only reporting a death rate of 0.6%.
They are dealing with it in a different way, test more, catching more. The healthcare practices make a lot of difference. It's not as simple as saying "death rate is X".
Of course there are a number of variables, which include region, age, pre-existing conditions, etc...First World nations such as South Korea that have advanced western medical practices and technical resources are going to get notably better results than the developing areas of the world, which get hit the hardest. However, the worldwide mortality rate aggregate is useful for understanding the threat level of the virus itself, when compared to Influenza A, B, C, and D.
Also, it's extremely important to keep in mind that if the rate of infection increases to the point that it overwhelms the ability to effectively test and treat, then we would see a higher mortality rate in that region.
Renzatic on 4/3/2020 at 23:51
Quote Posted by jkcerda
don't care about China, oh wait my wish order is going to be late :mad:
I hear Wish gets someone to lick every item they send overseas.
bob_doe_nz on 5/3/2020 at 01:25
Quote Posted by icemann
Why toilet paper though? I don't get it.
Sending it to family back in China I suppose.
Edit:
And we're officially at three confirmed cases here.
