It's not lethal to the human species, it will just clear out some of the dead wood. Wheather it is civilised is another question.Based on your reading of the article, how lethal do you think it is?
Less than we thought. — frank
From the data we have, mortality rate is about 3%, and that consisting mostly of elderly, no? Yes, it is bad but it is not the end of the world. — Nobeernolife
Are you saying that since the number of known cases in US now is 4,500 and deaths 88, that if we multiply the knowns by 5 to 10 and divide 88 by that, that the real death rate is likely between 0.2% and 0.4%?
These figures don't show the true figure, firstly some of the infected people who are going to die, haven't died yet, they're still in life support. Secondly the Hospitals haven't been overwhelmed yet. — Punshhh
In a dream lastnight, death walked into the room, as I was staring to see him — Punshhh
So death is a he? How sexist. :-)
This disease is no where near as lethal as it originally appeared to be. — frank
Contacted by Reuters, a spokeswoman for the German Health Ministry said: "We confirm the report in the Welt am Sonntag."
Welt am Sonntag quoted an unidentified German government source as saying Trump was trying to secure the scientists' work exclusively, and would do anything to get a vaccine for the United States, "but only for the United States.
Such a great guy. :confused:
It’s not an unidentified source. It’s the German health minister. His name is Jens Spahn.
I think this is in many countries the policy. The objective is to curb the epidemic not hitting everybody at the same time, but that it will be more of a slow burner that the health care system can deal with the patients.The goal is maximum control so that our health system can cope. — Benkei
Contacted by Reuters, a spokeswoman for the German Health Ministry said: "We confirm the report in the Welt am Sonntag."
What's ironic about this is that while calling for others not to trust "one side" of the story, you immediately describe it as "fake news". As far as I'm concerned, it's very plausible, but I wouldn't commit myself one way or the other.
Don't tell me what to do bro. — boethius
But if you're a socialist, you need others to tell you what to do. — Harry Hindu
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