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James48

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4. Read up earlier.

Reply to EndlessWire (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:23 AM

Dec 2022

Last edited Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:59 AM - Edit history (1)

To answer your questions, this report says Chinese strain now has a R factor of 20. That’s huge, similar to measles in number of infections for each person. Much more contagious than earlier.

But it’s also much less deadly that earlier strains. Estimates are that so far, about 18% of the Chinese population has caught it in the last two weeks.

British Dr. John Campbell gets good data.

See this video:

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I'm pretty uneasy about the situation [View all] EndlessWire Dec 2022 OP

I share your concern.nt intrepidity Dec 2022 #1

There is an article in the economist Dec 17 edidtion Old Crank Dec 2022 #2

at Economist website, screenshot or pdf export Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #3

Read up earlier. James48 Dec 2022 #4

Nothing better than hood data Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #5

Chinese are being infected with a milder variant, death rate is relatively low. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #6

The more the virus circulates, the more mutations will occur. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #7

Here is the link to The Economist article. Old Crank Dec 2022 #8

This link is to their model about Covid spread in China Old Crank Dec 2022 #9

My guess is that it was this bad two years ago, but the Chinese gov't failed to report it FakeNoose Dec 2022 #10