That 80% survival rate gives me some comfort, but my immune deficiency increases the odds I will have to fight this one pretty hard.
Scary indeed -- god bless and please keep us posted...
The survival rate apparently is closer to 96%. RW, practice extreme cleanliness to avoid contagions. No hand shaking. Stay away, if possible, or minimize contact in crowded public places. This virus may very well become a pandemic.
Although I never knew him (well, well before my time), I lost a great uncle to the Spanish Flu of 1918. My grandfather told me about his younger brother; how his brother came home from high school one afternoon, with chills and a deep cough. Basically he coughed up blood and died overnight. The 1918 pandemic tended to take the younger victims. This one is not so discriminating.