Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Some results from studying that cruise ship with Wuhan running loose Updated

and it wasn't an apocalypse.
For me, this is all good news. 83% of the people on the ship didn’t get it, despite perfect conditions for transmission. If you get it, you have about a 50/50 chance of showing no symptoms at all. And the fatality rate is lower than the earlier estimates of 2% or above.
I think a bunch of politicians and journalists should be tarred, feathered, and then hanged for working so hard to scare hell out of everyone.

Yes, it's a problem.  No, it's not the damned end of the world, and the people using this for political reasons are in dire need of dealing with.

Update:
More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.

After deaths from the virus reached more than 2,500, with a 150% increase in the past week, health authorities have been combing through data to provide clues to help combat the spread of the disease.

2 comments:

Rob said...

I read the numbers from the cruse ship & I was encouraged, then I see what's happening in Italy and I'm not so sure any more.
I guess we'll know by July....

Firehand said...

The Italians just released this:
'More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.

After deaths from the virus reached more than 2,500, with a 150% increase in the past week, health authorities have been combing through data to provide clues to help combat the spread of the disease.'
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-who-died-from-virus-had-other-illness-italy-says?fbclid=IwAR2z1a01Y0RIzY-te1cVWmZrjqgT07ZjPhbv0_m4XeHqp_qY6jwMh4-hKEo