Someone else brought up....the death rate is fairly low. You need some disease or health issue already existing (like COPD or lung disease), to get your chances of death to a high point.
TECHNICALLY that should read:
the REPORTED death rate is fairly low.
The REPORTED death rate is fairly low.
If the Chinese govt "goes public" on something, you can be assured it is a diversionary tactic.
Does anyone remember that China's official GDP growth rate in 4Q2019 was the lowest in 29 years? What does the Communist govt fear more - a flu strain or loss of capital flows owing to foreign concern around the fundamentals of China's economy? Wither China?
Ah, but if the economy hits the shoals because of an alleged PANDEMIC, well...that's good - the GDP fall wasn't due to fundamentals. Keep investing.
Far fetched? Of course it is - it's not like anyone ever said you need to take advantage of a crisis (especially a manufactured one).
I bet a $50 pledge to the site that, in 60 days, this will be ancient history. Because we ALWAYS overreact to this kind of stuff.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield said Monday that the Ebola outbreak in conflict-ridden Congo has become so serious that international public health experts need to consider the possibility that it cannot be brought under control and instead will become entrenched.
“Someone else brought up....the death rate is fairly low. You need some disease or health issue already existing (like COPD or lung disease), to get your chances of death to a high point.”
that’s what we’ve been wondering about ... most of these sorts of viral things are generally mortal in the presence of other pre-existing condition(s) ... the question we’ve been asking ourselves is: what are those pre-existing conditions? ... It seems like it might take a few more days until enough data is gathered and analyzed before that is widely known ...