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In reply to the discussion: 2% mortality from coronavirus? I don't think so. [View all]Turbineguy
(37,297 posts)At the beginning there were only infections and death stats. Then they added "recovered". So, the deaths number was higher than the recovered. Then the recovered number was higher than the death number. I noticed that the recovered number then became double the deaths. Does that mean that it was 50% fatal at that point? Then the death number became 1/3 the recovered and now is 1/5.
According to the other numbers on that site, a large percentage of those who died, had other serious health issues. This is a normal occurrence with flu as well, hence the vaccine recommendations for older, less healthy people.
As long as this runs, there will be people who die. That statistic is immediately available. Infections and Recovered numbers are fuzzier and therefore the numbers lag.
I think what has epidemiologists spooked is that the disease is communicable prior to symptoms. That makes it hard to control.
I think going forward the infection rise rate will decline and the recovered numbers will rise rise rapidly.
But that's my interpretation of the statistics, and I could be completely wrong.