Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Eagle367]

Teeqoz said:

Eagle367 said:

Sorry but that's wrong. Hospitalization rates can reach as high as 20% and when the healthcare systems completely collapse, the death rate can be as high as 15%. Italy has a death rate of around 10%. If you leave the virus as is, the death rate is much higher than what we are seeing anywhere

No, sorry but you're wrong.

Italy has so many undiagnosed cases that it's numbers are useless for any statistical purpose. Countries that have done more testing, like South Korea, Germany and Norway have much lower hospitalization rates (lower than 10%), and even of the cases that are hospitalized, many would survive without hospital care, but are kept under observation in case their condition worsens.

You seem to ignore that the healthcare systems didn't get overwhelmed in any of your examples. Why give them when it's useless to the discussion?