International COVID-19 Updates & Discussion 2

[CataclysmZA]

The point a lot people have missed is there's about 5 - 10% chance of the infection becoming severe and requiring hospitalization in anyone.

Double that estimate. One in five infected patients required hospitalisation and most of those also required ventilation and intensive care treatments.

 

[Sinbad]

#COVID19SouthAfrica Update. As of this morning, 18 March 2020, South Africa now has 116 confirmed cases of #COVID19. We confirm that there has been an increase of 31 new cases from the 17 March update. https://t.co/0Lv6WAfaXe

 

[R4ziel]

I love how the rest of the African continent has very little or no cases so far, anyone trusting that completely?

 

[Pitbull]

Double that estimate. One in five infected patients required hospitalisation and most of those also required ventilation and intensive care treatments.

Are you saying out of every 5 patients, 20% require hospitalisation?

Nea, you need to revise that number.

 

[Mila]

116 cases of coronavirus now in South Africa

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that there are now over 100 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in South Africa.

mybroadband.co.za

Awww gauteng best at everything again

 

[R4ziel]

116 cases of coronavirus now in South Africa

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed that there are now over 100 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in South Africa.

mybroadband.co.za

Awww gauteng best at everything again

It just comes naturally to us, we are sorry

 

[flippakitten]

Buying a few extra tins of beans, veg, rice when you go to the shops is not panicing it's preparing.

This is coming to a town near you, make no mistake and when it does and you can't buy a loaf of bread (because all those gluten allergies seem to have disappeared) you'll probably regret not having extra on hand.

 

[CataclysmZA]

Are you saying out of every 5 patients, 20% require hospitalisation?

Nea, you need to revise that number.

One in five.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240168198953226240

 

[Lupus]

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One in five.

See back when there were only 44k cases it was only 80.9% that were mild, now that we're close to 200 000 it's 94%


As more people are shown to have had it, the more the mild condition will go down or up.

 

[flippakitten]

Double that estimate. One in five infected patients required hospitalisation and most of those also required ventilation and intensive care treatments.

Nope, 1 in 5 confirmed infections, which is why who are asking to test as much as possible.

 

[Rubberpigg]

OMG!!
Total deaths in the US (population 327 million) have surpassed a hundred!!
Actually, now that I think of it, I think I could fit a hundred people in my kitchen.
It would be a tight squeeze, but it could be done.

Are the 100 people in your kitchen dead or alive?

Dead.
If I pile ten on top of each other (10 x 10) I could fit them in my bathroom.
Screw the kitchen.

 

[Lupus]

Nope, 1 in 5 confirmed infections, which is why who are asking to test as much as possible.

Those are old figures based on when it was 44000 cases, currently it's 6 in 100. So 3 in 50 and 1.5 in 25 so 0.3 in 5.

 

[Pitbull]

See back when there were only 44k cases it was only 80.9% that were mild, now that we're close to 200 000 it's 94%
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As more people are shown to have had it, the more the mild condition will go down or up.

Correct.

Already only 6% down from someone quoting 20% requiring hospitalisation. It will only grow smaller and smaller.

 

[Lupus]

Correct.

Already only 6% down from someone quoting 20% requiring hospitalisation. It will only grow smaller and smaller.

Yup which means a third of a person will be serious out of 5.

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

Dead.
If I pile ten on top of each other (10 x 10) I could fit them in my bathroom.
Screw the kitchen.

Ask any butcher that deals with carcasses what a nightmare that would be. Plus, the average 60kg per person weight would mean demolition of one wall for the forklift.

 

[Pitbull]

Yup which means a third of a person will be serious out of 5.

It's going to get lowers as it spreads and we'll see similar numbers to that of influenza. When you have targeted testing obviously the figures would be skewed. Once it's global you will be able to have a perfect comparison. Targeted Testing makes this look way worse than it is.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Lead author of the Imperial modelling paper has likely got Covid-19:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1240171876695117824

 

[Temujin]

Yup which means a third of a person will be serious out of 5.

Now you're talking crazy, you can't hospitalize a 3rd of a person

 

[DeeinSouthAfrica]

I'm trying to convince my father who is a fit 80 year old that he needs to self-isolate.
I think I need 15 liters if super-glue and some extra-strength duct tape.
Thank goodness his girlfriends (yeah, he's a two timing octogenarian bastard) are more paranoid.
Luckily for him he lives in a gated community for seniors (50 and above) and his girlfriends live elsewhere.