4/24 Just curious, no links, not trolling, etc. How many of you think
SARS will turn into a huge global epidemic? I don't know what the
infection rate is for those exposed, but I do know from publicly
available numbers that the death rate is about 3.5%. If everyone
on the planet got it (go with me here), we're talking over 200m dead
world wide.
\_ The current death rate is an estimate based on a the number of
estimated SARS cases. As more patients are diagnosed with non-
SARS flu/cold, the dead/infected denominator is going to go
down, so the overall death rate is going to go up. Just wait
for the availability of quick clinical tests for SARS. Whee!
\_ it is possible. But it is better to be proactive and aggressive
now.
\_ I'd say it's like the flu, but with no vaccine.
\_ Shoot them? Gather up everyone with cold symptoms and put them
away?
\_ I'd say it's like the flu, but with no vaccine. Flu mortality
is ~ 10%.
\_ TEN PERCENT? You fucking idiot. You are innumerate.
\_ http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/cri/Flu.asp
22 per 100,000, roughly, or 0.02%
\_ This reports lists 22 flu deaths per 100,000 U.S.
citizens. The ~ 10% mortality rate is for those who
who actually get the flu. (Mortality for young healthy
adults who get it is about 5%; older, higher.)
\_ You are an idiot. And innumerate. There is NO WAY
that 10% of "those who actually get the flu" die. Not
with recent flu viruses anyway. Look at this:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluinfo.htm If
you crunch the numbers, there you get ~.06%. Not 5%.
Not only are you an idiot, you're wrong by a factor of
100. THINK ABOUT THIS YOU FOOL. How many people do
you know who have died of the flu?
\_ About 10%.
\_ OK, maybe this is true in your case, but you're
still wrong about the flu being 10% fatal.
idiot.
\_ What makes my case special? You think I only
hang out with people with weak immune systems?
\_ Yup. You only hang out with AIDS-sickened
drag queens with weak immune systems.
\_ You are the ones who are the ball-lickers!!!
\_ ED!
\_ 10%
\_ It's a tragedy of the commons.
\_ My mistake. The mortality rate for flu is 0.1%. The mortality
rate for flu and pneumonia ranges from 7%-10%. The mortality
rate for pneumonia is 10%. The mortality rate of 5% for
young healthy adults was for the 1918 Spanish flu. Yes,
I feel pretty stupid. -op |