Corona Virus: How deadly is it? Feb 17

[dan_s]

According to the World Health Organization ("WHO"), signs of infection include fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.

In more severe cases, it can lead to pneumonia, multiple organ failure and even death.

WHO analysis of currently available data showed 82 percent of cases appear to be mild, about 15 percent progress to severe and 3 percent are critical. Most of the fatal cases were in older people and people with underlying conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Of the cases reported to date, approximately 11,000 have fully recovered.

Current estimates of the incubation period - the amount of time between infection and the onset of symptoms - range from one to 12 days. Most infected people show symptoms within five to six days.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/ ... more_links

PS: More than 50 million people on Earth get the "Seasonal Flu" each year. Just in the U.S.> While the new coronavirus ravages much of China and world leaders rush to close their borders to protect citizens from the outbreak, the flu has quietly killed 10,000 in the U.S. so far this influenza season. At least 19 million people have come down with the flu in the U.S. with 180,000 ending up in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The flu season, which started in September and can run until May, is currently at its peak and poses a greater health threat to the U.S. than the new coronavirus, physicians say.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/the-flu ... virus.html

MY TAKE: Within a few months the cable news networks will hype another FEAR and this new coronavirus (now called COVID-19) will be added to the long list of diseases that we've gotten under control.

[dan_s]

From John Hopkins University:
During the previous two flu seasons (2017-2018 and 2018-2019): over 80,000,000 people in the United States got the seasonal flu. Over 95,000 died. Just in the U.S.