Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Coronavirus: Shielding ends in England as lockdown ease delayed" video.
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@jackwatsonepic626 No, I was confirming what you meant. Here's a quote from Wired on why comparisons with flu are not helpful.
"Even taken on their own terms, the flu comparisons rely on wonky and myopic math. Flu can kill Amercans by the tens of thousands, but that’s because it’s been around so long and has had so much time to spread. Millions get the virus every year, and fewer than 0.1 percent of them perish from it. What’s the rate of death from the new coronavirus? No one can say for certain, but estimates have hovered at around 20 times the rate for influenza, or 2 percent. Some virologists assert this is an overestimate, because milder cases might be getting overlooked; others counter that, given lack of access to diagnostic testing, many deaths may be uncounted. In short, it’s too soon to say. It’s also unclear how efficiently this coronavirus spreads from person to person. The total number of confirmed cases has grown from 282 on January 21 to 31,211 on February 7. It’s possible the spread will slow. Or else it might accelerate. In light of this uncertainty, perhaps we shouldn’t be so quick to counsel everyone to “get a grippe” on their concerns."
https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-is-bad-comparing-it-to-the-flu-is-worse/
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