Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="McLovin, post: 3475999, member: 9450"]
Serious cases / deaths are probably accurately reported, since these are the people showing up at the hospital. The total number of cases (since it can be mild / no symptoms at all) may be higher, you are right about that.

Multiply their by 10X and that's still 1% of the total population of the province where this broke out who contracted the disease. That means 99% did not / do not have it at the epicenter of the outbreak. Plus the more you increase the number of people who have contracted it but didn't die, the death rate drops, which should help ease concerns (which could be the case if infection numbers are understated).

I'm not saying this isn't serious (the fact it can be carried without symptons and spread so easily is definitely concerning) and it should call for serious action (I hope we can follow the examples of Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Steven Krajewski to curb the outbreak) but I also think it is worth putting the numbers into perspective.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

First name of men's bb coach