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To: carranza2 who wrote (703353)2/9/2020 10:22:11 AM
From: skinowski1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 793914
 
I wonder why some cases are mild, others deadly.

Are the usual suspects (elderly, immuno-suppressed, etc.) significantly more at risk or is there something else at play?
Many factors are at play. Besides the usual suspects that you listed, much depends on the character of the virus. Some of them tend to kill younger people with healthy immune systems - the immune overreaction itself may be fatal. Cases like that whistleblower doctor in Hubei, apparently a healthy young man - are of concern. The virus will also keep changing as it travels through the community. Secondary (bacterial) infections (and organ failures, which are often temporary) - and how they’re managed - is another key factor.

Why are many cases very mild, or even asymptomatic? No one really knows.

The Spanish flu of 1918-19... it still keeps medical people nervous.

The wiki article gives a good picture of a horrific viral pandemic. en.m.wikipedia.org

>>>The unusually severe disease killed up to 20% of those infected, as opposed to the usual flu epidemic mortality rate of 0.1%<<<

So far, the mortality in Wuhan / Hubei is somewhere between 2.5 and 3%. Everywhere else, 0.25% to 0.3%.
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