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bladerunner1717

03/09/20 2:36 PM

#229061 RE: bladerunner1717 #229060

Trump downplays threat from coronavirus

Then, in his last tweet of the morning, the president sought to downplay coronavirus fears by emphasizing that “life & the economy” don’t shut down for the seasonal flu each year.

“So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu,” he tweeted. “It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!”


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loparn

03/09/20 2:47 PM

#229063 RE: bladerunner1717 #229060

Re Crude fatality rate now ~5%!!!

But most likely there are several times more infected than currently over 9100 officially.

Due to the high official fatality rate the number infected could be for example 7 times higher - or more - in Italy, if you compare with South Korea fatality rate (0.7 %) where they have tested much more for SARS-CoV-2.

Many Swedes have got the covid-19 desease from travelling in Italy and come home infected. That is not possible if only some 9100 in Italy were infected.
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DewDiligence

03/09/20 3:25 PM

#229067 RE: bladerunner1717 #229060

Andy's tweet on COVID-19 in Italy (in your second link) contains March-8 (yesterday's) data. Look for an update in a few hours.