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Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU

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Re: Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU

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2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

Beyond the actual mortality rate or possible sequelae (which seemed to occur in post-SARS survivors), the real danger lies in what the actual percentage of cases requiring hospitalization due to severity of pneumonia is (serious + critical condition). Some believe it to be a much higher percentage of the total # of cases than something like the flu, meaning if the infection spreads as much as the normal flu, we may see a shortage of ICU beds and respirators.

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2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

There's some useful information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/ewwmem/have_a_q...

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syshum wrote: post #14
loceng wrote: post #4

"The most regretful thing to me was a pregnant woman from Huanggang. She was in very serious condition. Nearly 200,000 yuan (S$39,505) was spent after more than a week in the ICU. She was from the countryside, and the money for hospitalisation was borrowed from her relatives and friends. Her condition was improving after the use of Ecmo, and she was likely to survive. But her husband decided to give up. He cried for…

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Post by taneq »

2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

There's a something like 20% hospitalisation rate. That seems kind of scary compared to the flu which is "you have a sniffle, get over it."

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Post by sjg007 »

taneq wrote: post #25
2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

There's a something like 20% hospitalisation rate. That seems kind of scary compared to the flu which is "you have a sniffle, get over it."

The flu can be very serious.

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Post by [deleted] »

taneq wrote: post #25
2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

There's a something like 20% hospitalisation rate. That seems kind of scary compared to the flu which is "you have a sniffle, get over it."

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Post by ekianjo »

2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

> is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu?

There are test kits but China has very few of them compared to the mass of patients who have flu-like symptoms. So... from what I heard we dont really know.

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Post by tsimionescu »

syshum wrote: post #14
loceng wrote: post #4

"The most regretful thing to me was a pregnant woman from Huanggang. She was in very serious condition. Nearly 200,000 yuan (S$39,505) was spent after more than a week in the ICU. She was from the countryside, and the money for hospitalisation was borrowed from her relatives and friends. Her condition was improving after the use of Ecmo, and she was likely to survive. But her husband decided to give up. He cried for…

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Yes, that's why capitalists drive on private roads only, and go to private courts when they get in trouble with private police forces. They also honk to honor their private armies and thank them for their service. The private fire service is of course a pillar of most capitalist communities as well.

Re: Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU

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Post by plg »

taneq wrote: post #25
2bitencryption wrote: post #11

I'm curious, for most of the infected, is it obvious from the symptoms whether they have novel coronavirus, or just the regular flu? That is, the tail end is clearly deadly -- but for the average case, are symptoms much worse than the yearly flu, or around the same?

There's a something like 20% hospitalisation rate. That seems kind of scary compared to the flu which is "you have a sniffle, get over it."

"the flu", i.e. influenza, is definitely not "you have a sniffle, get over it"

more like feeling like you've been hit by a truck for 2 weeks while you shiver in bed with a fever, coughing your lungs out, unable to function

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