NPR: Antibody Tests Point To Lower Death Rate For The Coronavirus Than First Thought

NPR ^ | 05/28/2020 | Jon Hamilton

[ChildOfThe60s]

Greatest medical hoax in history

[caltaxed]

My son and his girlfriend picked the Covid up in Belgium just after Christmas last year. He said it was the worst flu he ever had, but he’s 24 years old and healthy.

[Gay State Conservative]

National Propaganda Radio ran this? You'd think they'd be saying “new evidence showing this virus to be more dangerous than the bubonic plague”.

[SauronOfMordor]

Ping.

[SauronOfMordor]

I almost never get flu, but was very sick in Feb, and took a while to get over it.

[jmaroneps37]

Demorats and media hit hardest film at 11.

[tinyowl]

My oldest son was one of the two. He still has no sense of taste.

He'll be fine. I have no class, and look at me.

[SunkenCiv]

/bingo

[Mom MD]

it is long past time to end this charade and open up. The longer the self inflicted wounds go on the worse it gets

[Nifster]

Well duh

[2aProtectsTheRest]

CDC set a lower bound estimate of 0.26% IFR. Johns Hopkins believes the IFR to be 0.5% - 1.0%.

This information is weeks old. It looks like NPR published this at the end of May. Nothing new here really. Worth noting that with the CDC IFR, we’re still nowhere near the end number of deaths for this. It could easily hit 600,000 - 750,000 total deaths by the end of it depending on how the R0 changes (which governs when we reach herd immunity).

[Grampa Dave]

I have two coworkers who had all of the symptoms back in Decmember/January. Right down to the loss of smell.”

Add lack of taste to the above, and that was one of my many symptons, 2 days before Thanksgiving

[TigersEye]

IOWs it’s less deadly than the seasonal flu but possibly a bit more contagious.

In other shocking news; rumor has it there’s gambling at Rick’s.

[upchuck]

Because I still know no one who has had it and the folks I know don’t know anybody who has had it.

Me too FRiend.

[upchuck]

Anybody know the death rate of seasonal flu?

[Mase]

Isn’t the CDC at .28?

Last I read, the CDC estimated a .26 fatality rate for those infected with the virus. But like everything else in this mess, there are numerous models trying to determine the actual fatality rate and those guesstimates range anywhere from .2 - 1.5%.

As it is with global warming, I think the models depend a great deal on your political agenda.

[neverevergiveup]

Reminds me of another study: “IQ tests point to stupidity among democrats”.

[Grampa Dave]

I'm blatantly stealing this reality:

Greatest Medical hoax in history!

[Grampa Dave]

“I almost never get flu, but was very sick in Feb, and took a while to get over it.”

You described our younger son, age 52. He is one of the most healthy and in shape guy we know.

He got something a couple of weeks after Christmas.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Anybody know the death rate of seasonal flu?

It is around 0.1%

Source: https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/coronavirus-death-rate-vs-flu/