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SidDithers

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29. He states in the article...

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:26 AM

Mar 2020

The data from South Korea, where tracking the coronavirus has been by far the best to date, indicate that as much as 99 percent of active cases in the general population are “mild” and do not require specific medical treatment.

South Korea had 104 deaths out of 8897 confirmed cases.

That's a 1.16% mortality rate. And he's saying that 99% of South Korea's cases are mild?

Those numbers don't make sense.

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Is our fight against Corona Virus worse than the disease itself [View all] SDANation Mar 2020 OP

In general... jberryhill Mar 2020 #1

Most people won't read beyond the initial title and first paragraph SDANation Mar 2020 #7

Not sure why that's a reason for posting copyrighted content, but whatever jberryhill Mar 2020 #9

Okay I'll shorten it. Thanks. SDANation Mar 2020 #14

If it is now, it soon won't be. yonder Mar 2020 #2

Three paragraphs and a link, is how we post articles on this website. Iggo Mar 2020 #3

The only exception I ever make Aquaria Mar 2020 #11

Possibly, here's why TheFarseer Mar 2020 #4

The shelter in place is not to prevent Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #8

True SDANation Mar 2020 #12

This is an ignorant argument jcgoldie Mar 2020 #35

A difference of opinion? SDANation Mar 2020 #40

Ignorance is not a "difference of opinion" jcgoldie Mar 2020 #42

That's not ignorance SDANation Mar 2020 #48

one month ago you wrote, "Please stop the Covid-19 hysteria" LanternWaste Mar 2020 #71

everyone is still going to get it jcgoldie Mar 2020 #25

Depending on incidence in a region, the closures, isolation, etc... pat_k Mar 2020 #56

You're right. nt babylonsister Mar 2020 #39

Too soon to say Demonaut Mar 2020 #5

Dr. Katz is president of True Health Initiative elleng Mar 2020 #6

We can already predict high-density areas will have higher levels of transmission. pat_k Mar 2020 #61

A Military Concept You Leave Off, Sir, Is The Holding Action The Magistrate Mar 2020 #10

A safe and effective vaccine will take a year SDANation Mar 2020 #13

Understood, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #15

Not to mention that it could buy time to get our act together on producing plasma from recovered ... pat_k Mar 2020 #58

One New Wrinkle In Vaccines, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #16

Yeah SDANation Mar 2020 #18

Desperate Situations Evoke Desperate Measures, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #20

See post 58 pat_k Mar 2020 #59

It also allows time for testing therapeutic options jberryhill Mar 2020 #46

Inch by inch they are getting closer... magicarpet Mar 2020 #51

Welcome back! tenderfoot Mar 2020 #44

A 60 yr old woman was the first to die in my county, yesterday Not use to seeing 60 yr old women LizBeth Mar 2020 #17

Up to 650,000 people die worldwide from the flu SDANation Mar 2020 #19

THis isn't the goddamn flu jcgoldie Mar 2020 #21

You're right. SDANation Mar 2020 #24

Its killing people at 20 to 40 times the rate of the flu jcgoldie Mar 2020 #27

Cool immediately into sophomorish retorts SDANation Mar 2020 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author jcgoldie Mar 2020 #37

And On The Order Of a Billion Or So Yearly Get It, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #22

Not at all. SDANation Mar 2020 #30

Just Checking, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #38

At least they get a chance at the hospital. In this situation, many will get no chance. n/t blitzen Mar 2020 #26

Neither of us would get care CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #52

This is far, far worse than the flu. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #28

Italy SDANation Mar 2020 #36

They had the 2nd oldest population last year, and we had the flu last year. Not the same. LizBeth Mar 2020 #47

And they've been isolating for a good month now. John Fante Mar 2020 #43

In the 2017 flu season SDANation Mar 2020 #23

Read this and maybe you will reconsider your view ("Holy Shit, this is not the flu!") blitzen Mar 2020 #32

Yeah and if we don't get our shit together soon, Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #33

you first... and the writer of the article, run out an infect yourselves. lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #41

Give me one day in 2017 that had 763 people die in one day in one area in one country. LizBeth Mar 2020 #49

He states in the article... SidDithers Mar 2020 #29

It's a case fatality ratio ... mortality rate is calculated differently ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #45

No. This is a fucking stupid question. enki23 Mar 2020 #31

One might also ask "are we better off without this article or with it?" (*) KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #50

He seems to have some notion... pat_k Mar 2020 #55

Thanks for explaining that. It's an extremely risky proposition. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #60

I thought it smacked off... pat_k Mar 2020 #65

We wish you the best of luck against this invisible foe. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #66

Alright, I admit it...The NY Times is indeed the Failing NY Times. No mention of... blitzen Mar 2020 #53

No practical way isolate the vulnerable while allowing virus free reign among the "low risk." pat_k Mar 2020 #54

Sounds like internment camps to me. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author diva77 Mar 2020 #57

So 'surgical action' would mean age group losses to those over what? 80? 70? 60? are acceptable? Baclava Mar 2020 #62

That's what the author of the op-ed seems to suggest, even as he claims LisaL Mar 2020 #67

I am ignoring disinformation Generic Other Mar 2020 #63

I thought this was about EVERYONE getting sick at a rate that will overwhelm our KewlKat Mar 2020 #64

Trumpian talking points. n/t Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #68

Yep Meowmee Mar 2020 #70

Now that's scary. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #72

Yes🙀 nt Meowmee Mar 2020 #73