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2. Coronavirus: Chinese data shows 82% of cases are mild, says WHO

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 06:28 PM

Feb 2020

GENEVA - As experts raced against time to ascertain the severity of the coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (Feb 7) that Chinese data of about 17,000 cases shows 82 per cent of cases are deemed mild.

The data also showed that only 15 per cent of the cases are severe and 3 per cent are deemed critical.

"That varies with age," Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, said during a media briefing on Friday. "The older you are, the higher the proportion of (severe) cases there are."

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/coronavirus-chinese-data-of-82-cases-are-mild-says-who

This has now outpaced SARS in number of deaths, probably because so many cases are mild enough to be blown off.

For anyone following this closely, the Straits Times (Singapore) has been doing some of the better reporting without Medicalese.

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How Does the New Coronavirus Compare with the Flu? [View all] Newest Reality Feb 2020 OP

This is nothing like the flu. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #1

It is in as far as the common sense methods people can use to reduce the chance cstanleytech Feb 2020 #4

To an extent, but we weren't hearing terms about super spreaders dewsgirl Feb 2020 #12

Coronavirus: Chinese data shows 82% of cases are mild, says WHO Warpy Feb 2020 #2

I suspect the other reason its outpaced it is that they did not know they had a problem cstanleytech Feb 2020 #5

There is lag time at the beginning of every outbreak Warpy Feb 2020 #9

I read an article where a doctor said the same thing and BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #3

Not exactly. The cheap masks you can buy in the store can help reduce your chances but its because cstanleytech Feb 2020 #6

I can see how that can be true. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #7

Recent studies show that surgical masks are effective in preventing the transmission of viruses Kaleva Feb 2020 #8

They were talking about hardware store masks Warpy Feb 2020 #10

Yup. Specifically the simple cloth/paper ones we see the average people using in large crowds. cstanleytech Feb 2020 #11

Those would be surgical masks Kaleva Feb 2020 #14

Surgical masks are cheap. Kaleva Feb 2020 #13

People also need to make sure they wear it correctly as if it has any way for air to enter say via a cstanleytech Feb 2020 #15

Yes. We agree on that. Kaleva Feb 2020 #16