It isn’t worth it...
09-21-2020, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
They don’t call dengue “break bone fever” for nothing.
Besides, the case fatality rate is nearly 1% - about twice that of COVID-19.
09-22-2020, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
That is non-hemorrhagic dengue. The hemorrhagic dengue provides total immunity, it always used to be pretty near 100% fatal. You don’t get COVID-19 after that!
https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/2...ver/index.html
09-22-2020, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Yeah, but with modern treatment even the severe cases are only about 2% fatal if you are otherwise young and healthy. But the unrelenting pain is still a b|¥ch.
https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/2...ver/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/2...ver/index.html
But if you’re young and healthy your chances of catching COVID is pretty low and your odds of dying from it are even lower. I think I’d rather have COVID than have to live through dengue just for a chance at immunity.
09-22-2020, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Yeah, but with modern treatment even the severe cases are only about 2% fatal if you are otherwise young and healthy. But the unrelenting pain is still a b|¥ch.
https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/2...ver/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/2...ver/index.html
Incidentally, the CNN article you attached does not address what I was speaking of.
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