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Coventina

(27,101 posts) Wed Mar 11, 2020, 04:24 PM Mar 2020

From Dr. Fauci this morning: Coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than the flu.

Can we finally put this lie that the flu is worse to bed?!?!?!?

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From Dr. Fauci this morning: Coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than the flu. (Original Post) Coventina Mar 2020 OP

Yeah, only its more like 20 times. Squinch Mar 2020 #1

This. lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #3

I'm happy with a formal 10x declaration. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #5

Amen. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2

That's a speculative minimum. But I'll take it. defacto7 Mar 2020 #4

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

1. Yeah, only its more like 20 times.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 04:26 PM

Mar 2020

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)

3. This.

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 04:31 PM

Mar 2020

we don't KNOW because we don't know how many people were actually infected.

but the last time I got decent data from John Hopkins... the rate as calculated from known infections and known outcomes (over 50,000 in the population)... and the rate was close to 5.5%

Now, that rate is too high... it isn't 5.5%... but it might be 2% or even 3%... it is unlikely to be ONLY 1%... and 1% is 10 times more than the flu.