Comments by "F Liu" (@F_Liu) on "Coronavirus: W.H.O expert explains mortality rate & threat to kids, after trip to Wuhan" video.

The young could die as likely as old even the ''strong and healthy'' as they consider themselves, the death rate is 14% over age 80 and 8% over age 60, and in many cases the lungs are already seriously damaged before you even develop fever and cough, the recent autopsy result has shown the lungs were filled with thick mucus and even constant oxygen will not make any difference. Time to take it seriously and the only effective way is restriction of movements and cancel large gatherings like closing schools to start with.
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@user-Seb8969 Yes, there are far more respiratory machines per hospital in Wuhan than in the UK, and there are 20 some hospitals designated for it and not to mention they build two 1000 beds hospitals from scratch in 10 days, so the UK is not ready.
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50% critical cases result to death, that is the figure come out of China.
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The Western media is just good at lying and change the story when they need to fit their narratives, when demonising China, they only tell you the number of dead and a much higher death rate by saying that the dead was not properly counted in, and when they need to reassure their own citizens they now tell them a large number have recovered which is about 85% and stress that 1% overall death rate by saying there are many asymptomatic patients were not counted in, they claim either way and sadly people always believe them.
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@gregoryjones2457 OK, so, I am Chinese, I get my info from many Chinese sites, they publish info faster than the West so that is why a lot of time you will not find them in English language articles unless they are published there as an official research by Chinese medical professionals which take a while to reach to these medical journals. Fever and cough only present in some 50% of cases but CT scan imaging will show that the infection has already started in the lungs that is why when diagnose/treatment is delayed due to no presence of fever and/or cough would be why some patients' illness worsen very quickly in the second week after seemingly stable or mild at the start, this is what I heard from Chinese doctors during an interview. The autopsy was purely to help doctors to understand why it seems the ventilators fail to make any difference for oxygen saturation because the tiny holes in the lungs are clogged up with thick mucus therefore incapacitated, so if they can find a way to clear it then it will reach a whole different outcome and save lives. Again that is what I have heard from the doctor who carried out the autopsy.
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@gregoryjones2457 About the autopsies, you just need to google and you can find many articles about them, the feature of thick mucus does not relate to smoking or other lung conditions, it is purely one of the damages done by the disease otherwise I would have mentioned it.
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@darknite-vu7sm What BS are you talking about? Wuhan has 11 million population, ans is still in lock down, some 2 million went to other parts of China for Chinese new year and now still not back to Wuhan, only a fraction of the population went abroad to visit or study and only less than a 50 tested positive and isolated but the majority have returned back to China since more than a month ago.
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@golfinguy423 I said as likely not as many, because I suppose it depends on how each individual's immune system reacts to the illness, but you are right, the 20-29 age group has a death rate of 0.2% and mostly get a milder form of the illness. And the disease affects males more than females.
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@gregoryjones2457 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130?resultClick=24
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@gregoryjones2457 I am not an expert of anything and I don't study into fine details of these research articles, I just summarise what I think was important and interesting from my Chinese sources. So about the latest autopsy carried out by Dr Liu Liang, I didn't find any English article about it, maybe it is out there but I did watch an interview by him to the Chinese state TV and there are some articles in Chinese about his findings. I used google translate to translate part of this article (http://m.xinhuanet.com/2020-03/03/c_1125658547.htm) I found online in a very quick search and quote below (I would not know if the translation is accurate as I am not a medical expert and don't know these terms) : ''The report said that the damages to the lungs of the deceased were obvious. The inflammatory lesions (grey-white lesions) were concentrated to the left lung, and the lungs were visually patchy. Gray-white lesions and dark red bleeding were visible. A large number of sticky secretions overflowed from the alveolar surface and fibrous strands were seen on the section. Consider that the ground-glass opacities seen in imaging correspond to the gray-white alveolar lesions seen by the naked eye, suggesting that neo-coronary pneumonia mainly causes inflammatory reactions characterized by deep airway and alveolar damage. The report believes that the pathological features of neocoronary pneumonia are very similar to those caused by SARS and MERS coronaviruses. However, from the general observation of systematic anatomy in this case, pulmonary fibrosis and consolidation are not as serious as those caused by SARS, and the exudative response is more significant than SARS. It may be related to the fact that this patient has only 15 days from diagnosis to death and a shorter course of disease, and more systemic corpse examination data and histopathological verification are needed. Liu Liang's team found that from the section of the lungs of the deceased, mucus secretions could be seen. Liu Liang made an analogy: alveoli are like the front-line battlefield, mucus disrupts traffic, oxygen cannot be sent, and front-line positions are easily lost. At present, ''road'' opening is the key, but now ''roads'' are blocked. An autopsy does not guide medical staff to intervene in all cases, but for lung mucus problems, you only need to dilute the alveolar mucus, such as turning back and patting the back, using sputum medication, can change the situation.''
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@basscaptain26 What is your point? WHO decided Taiwan should not be a member because Taiwan is part of China, idiot! Maybe you should ask UN to recognize Taiwan as a country first?
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Look at Italy if you don't want to believe China's numbers, it is about 3.5% at the moment. Problem is that is average, it is 14% for over 80 and 8% for over 60, and critical rate is 10% and out of these 50% will die.
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@DavidSmith-wp2zb Sorry the numbers from Italy is 79/2502. And remember most importantly is the critical case rate of 10% and 50% out of that will die as it was reported in China and this is a fact. If people are not treated promptly they will die, I know that in Wuhan hospitals there are far more respiratory machines and hospital beds than the UK, so the death rate will be even higher with lack of facilities here.
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