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Old Mar 5, 2020 | 12:03 pm
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Originally Posted by FAA1996
If you look at the number of current confirmed cases and deaths, the death rate is 7.3% which means its either super deadly or there are many more people that have it than confirmed cases. Death rate is supposed to be around 3%.
Yes I get that, but the predictions (guesses) of just a few days ago that the US had thousands of infected people would result in some rise in deaths. And people dying in the hospital are, I believe, tested in post mortem. So they should know.
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