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Mar 25, 2020
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akmewg
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Us Death rate up to about the same 1.5% when previously was hovering closer to
SKs numbers
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Remember when South Korea’s death rate was 0.5% with extensive testing, and many
chilango
3/25/20 10:55pm
131 deaths in the whole country??? How many millions of people live in SK?
kotacoug
3/25/20 10:57pm
They’ve done a remarkable job of containing the outbreak. Probably better than
chilango
3/25/20 11:00pm
I think as you see Covid run it’s course most countries
kotacoug
3/25/20 11:10pm
The US has a major obesity problem though, and obesity is a complicating factor
ryebrye
3/26/20 5:55am
Is your point “I’m right, you’re wrong”? Because that’s how you framed it.
StantonMac
3/25/20 10:57pm
I see many posts that assume death rates will drop as testing continues, and the
chilango
3/25/20 10:59pm
Among the tested. That is the death rate.
RalphWiggam
3/25/20 11:00pm
They’ve had the largest and most comprehensive testing program of any country
chilango
3/25/20 11:02pm
It is a country of 50 million people. Of course they haven’t caught everyone.
RalphWiggam
3/25/20 11:05pm
Exactly. SK is probably showing what that true mortality rate is for the virus.
kotacoug
3/25/20 11:14pm
How many tests have been negative??
AZPTCOUG
3/25/20 11:00pm
They’ve done a great job of containing the virus. But my post was about the
chilango
3/25/20 11:03pm
Early on everyone and their mother got tested. Once the data was available then
jholling
3/25/20 11:07pm
If we get to 400,00 known and 1.5% die
BYU71
3/25/20 11:07pm
Direct from cdc flu...has 2% death rate and infects millioms
CarolinaCoug
3/26/20 12:24am
You missed a decimal. CDC says the seasonal flu death rate is about 0.1%.
chilango
3/26/20 12:26am
So still less than the flu kills every year? Just asking why we're ok with that
ManicBlue
3/26/20 1:35am
BM NYC and New Orleans
chilango
3/26/20 1:46am
Are you saying they're approaching 23,000 deaths already? Because that's where
ManicBlue
3/26/20 2:32am
I’m saying that when those hospitalizations and deaths happen all at once, it is
chilango
3/26/20 8:11am
I get that but the focus and panic being caused by this new virus is also
ManicBlue
3/26/20 10:53am
Is your point that no one knew anything then and no one knows anything now, even
kcca
3/25/20 11:22pm
Sure, I don’t disagree that we don’t know a lot and have much to learn about
chilango
3/25/20 11:26pm
Us Death rate up to about the same 1.5% when previously was hovering closer to
akmewg
3/25/20 11:41pm
You do know that the percentage is based on those tested, right?
byu1
3/25/20 11:41pm
Yes, which is why people have been watching South Korea so closely. They have
chilango
3/25/20 11:48pm
You guys all calculate death rate incorrectly. If a patient still actively has
kimdaddy35
3/26/20 2:58am
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