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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLatest Coronavirus data: almost 15000 cases, 305 deaths
First death outside China in the Philippines
8 cases in the US
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Latest Coronavirus data: almost 15000 cases, 305 deaths (Original Post)
AllyCat
Feb 2020
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Squinch
(51,025 posts)1. Recoveries are beginning to outstrip deaths. I'm feeling better about it
AllyCat
(16,235 posts)2. That is good. Would like to see more recoveries.
Squinch
(51,025 posts)4. Me too. And the fact that there were so few for so long suggests that this illness is a very
long haul.
former9thward
(32,096 posts)3. A 2% death rate.
Very small. And most of the deaths are to people over 60 with pre-existing conditions. It is enormous media hype for people outside of China.
AllyCat
(16,235 posts)5. What has people concerned is the unreliable disease reporting
Historically from the Chinese. And epidemiologists feel we arent even close to seeing the peak of this.