Not 60% of all patients, obviously. From what I have gathered it appears to be about one third to one quarter of people who are seriously ill die. This disease is turning out to be about what I anticipated when I aid, “I remember how my first malaria patient impressed me and the Chinese Doctor who recognized it did so after 4 patients. What that tells me is this is new, different, and alarming.” Sounds like my first reaction to malaria.
Blue people. Cytokines storm. From what I am gathering at that stage it is about uniformly fatal. If you look at, let’s say, 100 people who get the disease, the numbers seem to be fluctuating but let’s say 1-2% die. Let’s say another 4% are pretty ill but recover over a period of weeks. 99-96% will recover fairly quickly.
So what role will drugs play here? If we get a drug, one that works, it could potentially save some dying. Maybe even cut it in half. It would be a great thing but compared to the 99% who survive the drugs won’t make a big difference. If it works great it will be meaningful to less than 1/2% of those who get ill.
We have a better way and we are doing it. Don’t get sick. Use your head. Even if we had the drugs that worked, like I have pointed out, they MIGHT make a difference to a fraction of a per cent of cases. Don’t be looking for a drug to end this. It don’t work that way.
‘Don’t be looking for a drug to end this. It don’t work that way.’
I agree a drug at this point is incidental...my question to you is this...how exactly does it work? are you suggesting indeterminate lockdown, one in abject communal fear forbids those living in a beach community from even strolling along the goddam beach...?