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is this even as dangerous as the flu?

Posted on: February 26, 2020 at 10:08:39 CT

itznotwillis MU

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Only like 2% of those who get it die from it, and those are people who are old and have compromised immune systems. Seems like the flu to me. But I'm not a doctor.

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For those that aren't worried about Coronavirus - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:02:25

Supersede the flu in virulence. - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 10:53:43

RE: Supersede the flu in virulence. - paleojas MU - 2/26 11:01:44

It is useful. - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 11:02:56

Severe for SARS-CoV-2 is basically pneumonia requiring - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 11:10:23

It would be interesting if they would release age data on - Spanky KU - 2/27 09:44:40

Thanks for the clarification. (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 11:11:10

Just look back and see what - mizzoumurfkc KC - 2/26 10:29:45

two very different diseases - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:35:00

This is the downside to the information era. - ummmm MU - 2/26 10:28:06

I don't consider it a threat to myself necessarily - cnk ATL - 2/26 10:18:32

And ost of those "secondary effects" - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:24:19

Or market overreactions(nm) - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:24:53

Most factories are closed - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:27:40

True, a good capitalist - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:31:03

I don't think that is true at all - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:34:10

Commies love to thin the herd. (nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 2/26 10:18:10

What are your own thoughts on the subject? The flu kills - JeffB MU

- 2/26 10:15:35

I haven't been super worried about it - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:19:30

I had a client whose wife got ill. It kept getting worse & - JeffB MU

- 2/26 11:54:44

That's sad - soccer & aids suggest alternative method - Mormad MU - 2/26 12:45:54

Any disease is of a concern - meatiger MU - 2/26 10:13:26

In the US? If there were more infected than the flu. - Spanky KU - 2/26 10:12:30

how would one know the deaths would be from the virus? - pickle MU

- 2/26 10:10:11

This is also a good point since the deaths - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 2/26 10:15:40

You're skeptical of most everything though - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:12:19

if it comes from gvmt and its mouthpieces, yes - pickle MU

- 2/26 10:16:51

Oh that most definitely will come if it gathers steam in the - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 11:41:31

is this even as dangerous as the flu? - itznotwillis MU - 2/26 10:08:39

It isn't about deaths.. it is about hospitalizations.. when - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 11:12:43

I didn't think about that -- the 90% capacity aspect. - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 11:21:39

It isn't. (nm) - DC Jayhawk KU - 2/26 10:54:01

Remember when MJ had the flu and scored 35?(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 2/26 10:11:07

He could have scored 30 with Corona(nm) - itznotwillis MU - 2/26 10:12:16

Magic won an mvp with the HIV(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 2/26 10:32:20

The flu has a fatality rate of 0.01%. So yes, it's way more - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:09:36

says who? (nm) - pickle MU

- 2/26 10:11:43

VIrologists (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 10:54:21

Math(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:14:01

not what i was asking (nm) - pickle MU

- 2/26 10:46:50

Well, math is how I got the numbers I did. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:57:34

Check the Spanish Flu death rate - tigerfans3 MU - 2/26 10:10:56

the Spanish flu was different from the yearly - MrBlueSky MU - 2/26 10:11:36

The world's population wasn't prepared for the Spanish Flu - tigerfans3 MU - 2/26 10:13:22

Humans don't have antibodies or vaccinations for SARS-CoV-2 - TigerMatt STL - 2/26 10:51:18

Thats why I'm not a doctor - itznotwillis MU - 2/26 10:10:39

I am Legend - tigerfans3 MU - 2/26 10:08:19

Ebola has a fatality rate of like 50% - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 2/26 10:07:33

That's why I'm asking - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:09:56

Mrs SwampTiger was upset with me - SwampTiger MU - 2/26 10:07:16

Well guns killed 150k last year - El-ahrairah BAMA - 2/26 10:06:51

missing some zeroes (nm) - Sal MU

- 2/26 10:09:13

I thought it was 150,000,000(nm) - Mormad MU - 2/26 10:07:21