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SvennoJ on 29 February 2020
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CaptainExplosion said:
John2290 said:

Or if that is by design to get it cross borders and second phases could have the intended consequences. It's to early to tell but if the talk that got wiped of chinese social media is true then it has a second phase that is deadly in the form of hesrt failure to those who have been treated (perhaps a treatment side effect). This increases mortality rate and increases chances that carriers get sick, causing a much bigger shit show. We won't know until time has passed in the west and recoverees either stay healthy or get sick again which should be about a fornight or so if following Chinas timeline. If so then, at least in my mind, it most certainly was not a standard coronovirus and was being fiddled with but I'm already assuming it was a lab breach based on response, the coincidental distance of the lab, the lab working on animal viruses, their previous close calls and the international, governmental concern seen so aggressively. Time will tell and those who'll know for sure are most likey in the ground in china. 

I wouldn't be surprised if Xi Xinpig was downplaying the mortality rate just to save his own ass.

I wonder how he's downplaying it outside China?

The Diamond Princess is still the closest we have to a controlled environment where everyone got tested. They did of course separate people on the ship so infection rate of 705 out of 3700 is on the low side (with predictions of 40% to 70% possibly getting infected)

Those 705 cases are closely watched, 10 have recovered, 6 have died, 689 are still sick of which 36 critical.

One thing is for sure, if you get sick you're stuck with it for several weeks to a month. The first case was discovered Februari 1st, a passenger from Hong Kong that stayed 5 days and had already left the ship 6 days earlier. 3 days later the ship docked in Japan and was quarantined. Februari 4th, 25 days ago, 10 people tested positive and despite separating passengers it still climbed to 705 today.

Half only have mild symptoms, yet 5% need serious hospital care. Mortality rate won't be known until all the cases have been resolved but also depends on the age of the passengers.

Death rate in Italy is already up to 2.6%, 9.6% serious/critical :/

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 29 February 2020