In that report, 13.8% had at least one of those symptoms—that doesn’t imply than many or most would require ICU support to survive.
And event if we assume they would all die, which is wrong, Wuhan was an unlikeley-to-be-repeated worst case scenario—not just because of the medical overload with no warning, or the significant under-diagnosis of lightly symptomatic younger patients inflating the severe case percentage, but because they didn’t realize this was a severe disease for the elderly until at least weeks into the spread. Elderly people globally are now being kept largely isolated, and will be treated aggressively when they get sick initially, instead of treating it like influenza until they are nearly dead.
The population of the Lombardy region is slightly smaller than that of Wuhan, and they are reporting 3x as many daily deahts as China did during their peak.
In that report, 13.8% had at least one of those symptoms—that doesn’t imply than many or most would require ICU support to survive.
And event if we assume they would all die, which is wrong, Wuhan was an unlikeley-to-be-repeated worst case scenario—not just because of the medical overload with no warning, or the significant under-diagnosis of lightly symptomatic younger patients inflating the severe case percentage, but because they didn’t realize this was a severe disease for the elderly until at least weeks into the spread. Elderly people globally are now being kept largely isolated, and will be treated aggressively when they get sick initially, instead of treating it like influenza until they are nearly dead.
If Wuhan was a worst case scenario, how come Italy has now overtaken it in deaths? (3400 Vs 3200)
The population of Italy is several times higher, and the death rate per case is still significantly lower.
The population of the Lombardy region is slightly smaller than that of Wuhan, and they are reporting 3x as many daily deahts as China did during their peak.