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Apr 4, 2020
1:35:41pm
YSMACK Truly Addicted User
Just some interesting information to consider, along with the scarier data.
91.9% of those who have been tested and diagnosed with Corona Virus in Utah did not need to be hospitalized. 8.1% have needed hospitalization. https://coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts/

99.44% of those who have been tested and diagnosed with Corona Virus in Utah have not died. .56% have died. https://coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts/

80.9% of Corona Virus cases are mild or asymptomatic, according to a comprehensive study by China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (and largely matched by the New England Journal of Medicine). https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/ and https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032 (New England Journal of Medicine said that only 16.2% of cases were severe).

66% of those tested for Corona Virus in Italy, who thought that they never had Corona Virus, tested positive, according to a recent study. In other words, 66% of those tested didn't even realize that they had the disease even though they probably did (apparently there is some possiblity of false positives). https://twitter.com/Yascha_Mounk/status/1246240181440540672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1246240181440540672&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cougarboard.com%2Fboard%2Fmessage.html%3Fid%3D23489627

Keep in mind too that those who die or are severely impacted by the disease are over 60 well above 90% of the time. I do NOT say this to minimize the importance of social distancing or the tragedy of the deaths that occur, but to give some perspective and to allay some unsubstantiated fears.
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