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Botany

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1. Italy's #s as of today
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 04:49 PM
Mar 2020
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-live-u-s-europe-brace-infection-spread-italy-n1153801

The coronavirus outbreak has continued to rattle Italy, which extended the containment measures already in place in northern regions to the entire country, which has confirmed more than 10,140 cases. The death toll in the country stands at more than 630 people.

630/10,140 = .0621 or 6.2% Now we don't know about the age and or health of the populations that got
the disease and what kind of medical help they got or ????
Italy's #s as of today Botany Mar 2020 #1
There was an Italian doctor talking about how the young seemed to get off Jarqui Mar 2020 #2
Yes. I linked his report above. OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #4
A lot depends on what the death rate is a percentage of. euphorb Mar 2020 #3
I think it is number of cases "reported" OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #7
My first question would be are the new cases able to get treatment from Italy's overwhelmed ... Jim__ Mar 2020 #5
No, dividing new deaths by new cases is improper, you're not getting the number coti Mar 2020 #6
Will you teach us how you do the math pls? OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #8
Just leave it at total confirmed deaths divided by total confirmed cases, coti Mar 2020 #9
Sorry, wrong. PSPS Mar 2020 #10
OK, you can also add in the cases we don't know about, then. nt coti Mar 2020 #11
Exactly. Is it 1,000? 10,000? 100,000? We don't know but all would give a smaller mortality rate PSPS Mar 2020 #13
It might be lower Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #14
LOL PSPS Mar 2020 #17
Sorry, I trust experts on this Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #18
Me too. PSPS Mar 2020 #20
Here is an experts opinion Dem2 Mar 2020 #23
No. PSPS Mar 2020 #24
I was extracting math from his words. Dem2 Mar 2020 #25
The key phrase is "in those tested" PSPS Mar 2020 #27
Just trying to keep my elderly mom alive Dem2 Mar 2020 #28
Focus on the countries that have the best testing per capita and that tandem5 Mar 2020 #12
Excellent information! Thank you! OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #16
I think it's from the overwhelmed hospital system. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #15
Ok- crunched numbers sarisataka Mar 2020 #19
More misleading statistics. PSPS Mar 2020 #21
In which case sarisataka Mar 2020 #22
Thanks for your efforts. Chemisse Mar 2020 #29
OhNOES! Indeed! OhZone Mar 2020 #26
I just read Italy's death rate is higher because of an older population (compared to S Korea): Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #30
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