Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Teeqoz]

Eagle367 said:

Teeqoz said:

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? 

Maybe you misunderstood something. I am talking about hospitalization rates. Meaning the proportion of infected people that are admitted to the hospital. Healthcare systems that are not overwhelmed won't lead to lower hospitalization rates... They will lead to lower mortality rates, but I was talking about hospitalization rates, which are already lower than your exaggerated "estimate" for mortality.