| haxxiy said: Not necessarily, since the people getting the virus might be a biased sample that leans older than the average population, as it would be the case if it spread through retirement homes. That's what happened in some towns in Lombardy and Veneto. That being said, 0.1% is probably too low, unless viral load is a huge factor and these people in hospitals, retirement homes, ships etc. are getting a far more severe disease than what would be expected for the average Joe. That can happen with other diseases like tuberculosis, where prison outbreaks can be very dangerous to the individual because of the effects of overcrowding. OT - that is Milan yesterday:
SMH at the old dude, come on, he isn't even trying. The woman on the background also wearing a mask on the chin... I'll never understand. |
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Italy is now 41 days past the time lock down started.
China was back at their daily reported cases from when lock down started in 27 days.
Italy had an avg of 1422 reported cases a day at lock down, they currently still have 3344 reported cases a day, down from a peak of 6557. It's taking forever :/
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