And three for FOX or MSNBC?

Please enlighten us as to what the mortality rate is for this illness, because that information I have not seen. It is certainly more deadly than the flu (1:1,000 die). It sure seems to be spreading at an alarming rate (over 9,000 confirmed cases as of today and that’s if you believe Chinas numbers). If you look at the daily numbers, it has been doubling almost every two days. No reason to panic, but certainly no reason to ignore it or not take it seriously.

so you haven’t seen the mortality information but you know it’s more deadly than the flu?

“213 deaths 9692 cases” for Coronavirus”.

And seasonal flu...

”So far, 8,200 people have died and 140,000 people have been hospitalized during the 2019-2020 flu season, according to preliminary estimates from the CDC.” Abcnews
com

Yes the new Chinese virus sounds nasty and highly contagious, but this BS about touching door knobs could kill you is absurd. I’m more worried about seasonal flu than this Wuhan stuff at the moment. That’s just me and I’ve been known to be very wrong on many occasions though.

Well going off the current numbers, assuming every active case has been cured and there are no more deaths you are looking at 213 dead and 9,262 infected. That is 1:43. Obviously most, if not all, are still hospitalized or being treated, so that mortality rate is probably on the conservative side. Typical flu mortality rate is 1:1,000. Current flu deaths are 8,200 for 15 million infected. So yeah it’s a little more deadly.

I think what’s alarming is the pneumonia cases and how many have been labeled as severe condition

“As of 24:00 on January 30, 2020, Hubei Province has reported a total of 5806 cases of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infections (including 2639 cases in Wuhan

At present, 5486 cases are still being treated in the hospital (among them: 804 cases of severe cases and 290 cases of critical cases).”

Typical flu mortality rate? If you’re going to compare the flu to Wuhan then you need to look at current flu data for the same period of time. The flu stats change constantly and vary from season to season and year to year. The cdc has the mortality rate for the US as 7% in January. Of course that’s the us, not China. So you’d have to have numbers from China for both the flu and Wuhan to even be the same ballpark. Further, you’d probably have to have compare numbers for specific regions of China. In short, we are pilots not statisticians. It’s dangerous when unqualified people make definitive statements.

I'm gonna go to Walgreens tomorrow and get some NightTime CoronaVirusFlu and get my Corona shot. That is a thing, right?

Is the BBC considered an acceptable news source by this crowd? 🤔

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51237225

CNN reports that one 6-pack of corona per night fir an entire week will reduce your chance of getting the virus by 69%... sales of corona has skyrocketed...