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Right. And the more there are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic carriers, the worse it can get fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 07/03/2020 12:35:33 PM

If there are many people who are asymptomatic, and their ability to infect others is non-trivial (as seems to be the case), this makes the virus more deadly. It's more capable then of infecting a wider swathe of the population despite any quarantine measures we can devise.

And it increases the odds of a mutation that makes it more fatal, which is what happened with the Spanish Flu.

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Let's talk about influenza outbreaks in the USA - copied from my post on Facebook EDIT damookster - 02/03/2020 05:47:12 PM 485 Views
This post is going to age poorly Roland00 - 02/03/2020 08:27:24 PM 229 Views
Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't damookster - 02/03/2020 08:57:54 PM 235 Views
This is why you can not be neutral Roland00 - 02/03/2020 09:33:08 PM 215 Views
Mookie how familiar are you with the Pandora Box myth?The original jar story is ithalf full or empty Roland00 - 02/03/2020 09:36:42 PM 218 Views
Not sure of the relevance but I'm quite sure you'll tell me. damookster - 02/03/2020 10:07:47 PM 224 Views
The panic isn't wholly unwarranted... fionwe1987 - 03/03/2020 06:20:23 AM 231 Views
IIRC, it was originally believed the H1N1 virus in 2009 was the Spanish Flu come around again. damookster - 03/03/2020 12:56:45 PM 239 Views
Italy has a large sample size and have 5% fatally rate random thoughts - 12/03/2020 06:21:02 PM 308 Views
Age is another factor. But quality of medical care is not. fionwe1987 - 12/03/2020 06:29:34 PM 211 Views
What I am most curious is to understand how many have been infected with the virus actually. The Shrike - 03/03/2020 05:54:10 PM 236 Views
Indeed damookster - 03/03/2020 06:10:40 PM 220 Views
How many people never develop any symptoms at all? Tom - 04/03/2020 05:43:16 PM 222 Views
Take a trip to Singapore damookster - 04/03/2020 06:03:08 PM 224 Views
There are people with the virus without a fever Tom - 04/03/2020 06:17:09 PM 236 Views
You may want that knowledge but no one has that knowledge Roland00 - 04/03/2020 11:03:18 PM 214 Views
Right. And the more there are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic carriers, the worse it can get fionwe1987 - 07/03/2020 12:35:33 PM 206 Views
So on May 1st, and May 30th we will know if this post age poorly or not. Roland00 - 07/03/2020 05:42:19 AM 221 Views
Like George Carlin damookster - 07/03/2020 02:47:13 PM 216 Views
Comparing influenza to Covid19 has little to no value random thoughts - 12/03/2020 01:55:21 PM 287 Views
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