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...and most of those who have died are elderly people.
Yes quite right.
Actually, it's a 4% mortality rate for those over the age of 75 with the common flu. With coronavirus it's closer to 2%, and the majority of its victims are over 75 with comorbidities.
A lot of people dont wash hands after going to toilet. Then touch rails & seats etc.
www.abc.net.au
Should merge with “What can stop the Tiges” thread
I’m scared I’m turning my kids into Howard Hughes atm.
Perhaps you should look up the meanings of epidemic and pandemic. Or better still break down the words and look up pan, demic and epi
Avoidijg offending the Chinese is more important than player safety.
Apart from one sponsor, the Chinese don't exactly care what the AFL does.
Thank you.Here is a latest article that gives it some balance on being cautionary but at the same time not to be overly alarmed at this stage:
Who is vulnerable to coronavirus? So far children appear safe from COVID-19
One of Australia's leading influenza researchers says 50 per cent of the population is likely to get COVID-19, but so far research shows children are not at risk of serious symptoms.
The main thing I want to point out, is that if you're talking infections, there are 2 main things to consider:
1. How transmissable is it? ie. the probability of spread or the level of contagiousness.
2. How severe is it? So usually, we look at the mortality rates as well as the level of significant long-term complications.
So whilst it seems to be spreading at a significant rate, the level of severity is still at a level of confusion. To put things in context, we need to look at how things fare in our country thus far:
https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert (latest report as of yesterday)
"As at 06:30 hrs on 29 February 2020, we have 25 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia:
15 of these cases are reported to have recovered. The remaining cases are in a stable condition.
- 9 in Queensland
- 4 in New South Wales
- 7 in Victoria
- 3 in South Australia
- 2 in Western Australia
9 cases are associated with the Diamond Princess repatriation flight from Japan."
So 25 cases, and not one single death at this stage.
Also, the mortality rate of this Corona virus is not a definitive statistic at this stage. It can increase or decrease as time moves on, with the current trend looking like the mortality rate is declining with all countries being on the alert and using containment measures.
"Across the world, there have been about 84,117 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and 2,872 reported deaths. Of confirmed cases reported globally, the case fatality rate is approximately 3.4%. The case fatality rate in countries and regions outside mainland China is 1.6%"
Also, the mortality rate differs from country to country, with current stats showing 1.6% mortality of all countries outside of China. However the mortality rate would be much lower in non-Asian continents, with Australia currently one of the countries with numbers affected but at 0% mortality rate thus far.
Hopefully the above keeps things in perspective!
No. Stop playing the race card.
If everyone promises to let Hawthorn win by 12 goals I promise
Yes, the troubling issue is most likely the uncertainty at this stage. For now, the stats are comforting that containment is more likely probable than not probable (at least in Australia). And I’m referring to mortality rates than transmission rates.
This isn’t an all or nothing approach. We need to remain cautious but understand we haven’t got unlimited resources to “contain” the transmission. For instance, we have a finite number of hospitals and doctors, and a finite amount of time for the health professionals to test everyone with coughs and sore throats.
