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Originally Posted by charley
John Hopkins has an excellent interactive map that shows in real time the progression of covid-19; globally, it notes how many deaths, how many have recovered - in all countries.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...23467b48e9ecf6
Being old, I am slightly concerned; and even if I catch this kind of flu and recover, I am sure it would take its toll on my body, so I put this out as general info, and it's for you to decide whether or not to take precautions: - WHO estimates that deaths from the coronavirus are 3.4%.
- Compared with the flu that goes around yearly, the CDC says that the fatality rate for the seasonal flu is 0.14%.
So, you can see that this strain of the flu is a tad more dangerous. Of course, if you do catch something, it might just be the common cold. |
Thanks for the map, that is very interesting.
I'm sure you were being facetious when you said COVID-19 is "a tad more dangerous" than the common flu. But just for the sake of fun with math, let's do the numbers, shall we?
0.14% = for every thousand people who catch the flu, 1.4 will die
3.4% = for every thousand people who catch COVID-19, 34 will die
I think that's right, please someone correct my math if it's wrong.