Fatality ratios
This is what the data means:
4 of 1000 people who show symptoms of the disease die.
35% of people asymptomatic means there are a lot of people walking around that don't know they have it. Be aware this is not only highly unusual, but also greatly increases the number of spreaders that are out there
R-sub 0 of 2.5 means that it's transmission spreads 2.5 times greater than influenza (R-sub-0 of influenza is around 1)
Bottom-line is there are a lot of people who are spreading it (through no fault - they don't know they are doing it!), and the transmission rate is exceptionally high
Funny how some think this isn't a big deal.
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