Saturday, December 19, 2020

REMEMBER WHEN FAUCI SAID RONA WOULD PRODUCE RESULTS OF A SEVERE FLU?

This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively.
[source : Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.,H. Clifford Lane, M.D.,and Robert R. Redfield, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine, 28th February 2020]

 

         

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