Virus: bad news, good news,

    Posted by sonofrebel on 2nd of Feb 2020 at 10:53 am

    Virus: bad news, good news, good news?

    1. Reported cases grew faster day over day and stayed at same growth rate over a 3 day period; first time this has happened since 3 day growth rate started falling on Jan 28.
    2. Infections reported outside China still low and not growing rapidly.
    3. Recoveries exceed deaths and deaths/infections down to 2.1%

    Am aware of many estimates of much higher numbers than reported here; for example, one study suggests 75,000 infections based on modelling impact of each infected person infecting 2.6 others.

    No updates yet today - this data as on 11pm Feb 1st from website Matt shared.

    Thailand Doctors Cocktail

    Posted by EdZ on 2nd of Feb 2020 at 06:49 pm

    Coronavirus

    new data point, reduced slope

    Posted by matt on 2nd of Feb 2020 at 09:41 pm

    new data point, reduced slope

    Matt, the death rate for

    Posted by tradeit007 on 2nd of Feb 2020 at 11:29 pm

    Matt, the death rate for SARS was 10%, but for this Coronavirus it is under 3% and not going higher, so far.

    The death rate may be

    Posted by kattap on 3rd of Feb 2020 at 12:56 am

    The death rate may be low, but since the virus is new to humans and can transmit during the incubation period, a lot more people can get infected will have to wait to see how this plays out.

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