Playing this down is no better. Some of you keep going on about other diseases that are not even as contagious, now you're highlighting the Spanish flu 1918. How are we even comparing the two in world that is more densely populated and with faster modes of travel. If anything that is highlighting how terrible and world changing this thing might turn out to be.
Because that said world can now also gather and present data earlier. And we have actual preliminary data showing that this isn't as deadly as many of you are fearing.
Yes. There should be caution. But when data start to show that this isn't as deadly as the seasonal flu then that should be emphasized instead of the unwarranted panic this is now causing.
Being desensitized is a very real thing. And this is especially a big problem at the general population level where you need actual cooperation in a teal deadly pandemic.
I'm talking about the actual data from outside China. The mortality rate of those hospitalized is about 2 to 3%. The actual mortality rate of all those infected is likely a lot lower as those with mild symptoms don't even show up in hospitals. Especially from fear of a two week quarantine making headlines.
We already know for a fact that this is significantly deadlier and causes far more complications that the seasonal flu so stop spreading bullshit.
Nope.
You don't need high mortality rates to have a disaster on your hands. It's enough that a lot of people get very ill and need medical attention. No country has health care that can deal with several times the normal pressure for a sustained time. Not to mention economic damage and lost productivity which could throw us into a recession.
Case fatality rate
[Host asking man waiting in huge line to buy masks]
Yes and this one will likely closely mirror that as more mild cases are reported.
You likely would have felt sicker without it.
Stop spreading dangerous disinformation. I'll stick with the WHO info that concludes the case fatality rate and complication rates dwarf those of the seasonal flu. If you think this isn't a big deal why did China's health system completely melt down. They deal with the seasonal flu every year. Did you realize that? The Coronavirus is a completely different beast from SARS or Ebola which had far higher death rates but a much smaller spread.
I think almost all the people wearing masks in Singapore are wearing it for "prevention" purposes
