02-27-2020, 10:13 PM
(02-27-2020, 08:26 PM)BostonCard Wrote: the fatality rate is for diagnosed cases. There’s good reason to believe not all cases of mild disease are diagnosed or confirmed.
Yes! And we don't know if there are significant numbers of asymptomatic cases, because only symptomatic people are being tested! But viral infections in general do produce asymptomatic cases, no reason to think this virus will be any different. The denominator is unknown and unknowable at this point. The publicized fatality rates are estimates, not reliable facts, and are likely too high.