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Minstrel said:
Yeah, but it only has a 2% death rate, so 2% of 60% of us will die off. That doesn't seem so scary, then, right?

Right? :thinking emoji:
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If those numbers hold...96,000,000 will die of corona virus. That is if the death rate is only 2%... No biggie
 
Chris Craig said:
If those numbers hold...96,000,000 will die of corona virus. That is if the death rate is only 2%... No biggie
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Exactly. 96M is a pretty small percentage of the world population. Not scary.
 
Maybe China is just testing new ways of population control
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Coronavirus could infect SIXTY PER CENT per cent of the global population if it cannot be controlled, top Hong Kong medical official warns
  • Professer Gabriel Leung said authorities need to establish the spread of the virus
  • A one per cent death rate could result in hundreds of thousands of deaths
  • There are 43,000 cases worldwide so far, with more than 42,000 in China
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ect-60-cent-global-population-controlled.html
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That's assuming that there were no vaccination developed for it.
 
Minstrel said:
Yeah, but it only has a 2% death rate, so 2% of 60% of us will die off. That doesn't seem so scary, then, right?

Right? :thinking emoji:
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Yeah, that's only a little over a 1% chance of dying a slow miserable death from a viral infection. Seems acceptable to me.
 
It seems odd to me that the mortality rate is simply being based on deaths vs overall reported cases. Seems to me that it would be more accurate to look at deaths as a percentage of "closed cases" (ie, those that have resulted in either death or recovery). Current stats show that of the 45,204 reported cases, 39,239 are still considered active, with 4,847 recoveries and 1,118 deaths. That suggests a true death rate of 18.74%.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

It is nice, however, to see the infection curve begin to trend toward a decreasing rate.

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https://fortune.com/2020/02/14/china-coronavirus-treatment-blood-plasma-recovered-patients/

China finds promising coronavirus treatment in blood plasma from recovered patients
China’s state-owned medical products maker is collecting plasma from the blood of people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus after discovering it helped critically ill patients.

China National Biotec Group Co. has been using this plasma, which contains highly potent antibodies, to treat more than 10 seriously ill patients since Feb. 8, the company said in a statement on its official WeChat account Thursday night. It claimed that those receiving the treatment improved within 24 hours, with reduced inflammation and viral loads along with better oxygen levels in the blood.

Drugmakers and the Chinese authorities are racing to develop a cure for the contagion that has so far killed more than 1,300 people, infected over 63,000 and has no approved treatment or vaccine. China has also unleashed a flurry of clinical trials -- as many as 77 have been registered -- in a bid to curb the outbreak that’s threatening its economic growth.


The announcement triggered a rally in the stocks of blood product makers on Friday. Beijing Tiantan Biological Products Corp., Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. and Hualan Biological Engineering Inc. jumped to their daily trading limit of 10%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

‘Generate Antibodies’
“Patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus pneumonia, will generate antibodies that can kill and remove the virus,” the company said in the statement, citing unidentified experts. “In the absence of a vaccine and specifically targeted drugs, using this plasma is the most effective way to treat the infection and can significantly reduce the death toll.”

China National Biotech also called on people who have recovered from the disease to donate their plasma in a separate statement.

China’s National Health Commission has listed plasma among treatment measures for critically ill patients in its latest treatment guideline.

Human clinical trials are also underway for multiple drugs such as Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental therapy remdesivir and AbbVie Inc.’s anti-HIV pill, Kaletra. Several other antiviral drugs as well as traditional Chinese herbal medicines are also under study for their virus-fighting potential.
 
yankeesince59 said:
https://fortune.com/2020/02/14/china-coronavirus-treatment-blood-plasma-recovered-patients/

China finds promising coronavirus treatment in blood plasma from recovered patients
China’s state-owned medical products maker is collecting plasma from the blood of people who have recovered from the novel coronavirus after discovering it helped critically ill patients.

China National Biotec Group Co. has been using this plasma, which contains highly potent antibodies, to treat more than 10 seriously ill patients since Feb. 8, the company said in a statement on its official WeChat account Thursday night. It claimed that those receiving the treatment improved within 24 hours, with reduced inflammation and viral loads along with better oxygen levels in the blood.

Drugmakers and the Chinese authorities are racing to develop a cure for the contagion that has so far killed more than 1,300 people, infected over 63,000 and has no approved treatment or vaccine. China has also unleashed a flurry of clinical trials -- as many as 77 have been registered -- in a bid to curb the outbreak that’s threatening its economic growth.


The announcement triggered a rally in the stocks of blood product makers on Friday. Beijing Tiantan Biological Products Corp., Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. and Hualan Biological Engineering Inc. jumped to their daily trading limit of 10%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

‘Generate Antibodies’
“Patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus pneumonia, will generate antibodies that can kill and remove the virus,” the company said in the statement, citing unidentified experts. “In the absence of a vaccine and specifically targeted drugs, using this plasma is the most effective way to treat the infection and can significantly reduce the death toll.”

China National Biotech also called on people who have recovered from the disease to donate their plasma in a separate statement.

China’s National Health Commission has listed plasma among treatment measures for critically ill patients in its latest treatment guideline.

Human clinical trials are also underway for multiple drugs such as Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental therapy remdesivir and AbbVie Inc.’s anti-HIV pill, Kaletra. Several other antiviral drugs as well as traditional Chinese herbal medicines are also under study for their virus-fighting potential.
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That's very, very encouraging.
 
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