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Mar 7, 2020 | 9:28 pm

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Originally Posted by username

Fauci is not sure and said “So even if it goes down to 1%, it’s still 10 times more fatal [as the seasonal flu].". https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/fauc...ronavirus.html

Donald Trump said "Personally, I would say, the number is way under 1%" https://www.npr.org/2020/03/05/81251...irus-messaging

I think this was before that, but I’m not certain.

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Originally Posted by notquiteaff

I think the 0.1% number comes from this editorial in the NEJM. (in was mentioned earlier in this thread)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

That was published a week before the congressional hearing cited in the CNBC story.

To me that looks like no one is certain yet.

Thanks for finding it. And you’re right I think, no one is certain.

Last edited by NewbieRunner; Mar 11, 2020 at 1:32 pm Reason: Merge consecutive posts by same member