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Originally Posted by pip08456
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Didn't realise the the problem was done and dusted and that there are not going to be any more cases.
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Coronavirus 'could infect 60% of global population if unchecked'
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The coronavirus epidemic could spread to about two-thirds of the world’s population if it cannot be controlled, according to Hong Kong’s leading public health epidemiologist.
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Most experts thought that each person infected would go on to transmit the virus to about 2.5 other people. That gave an “attack rate” of 60-80%.
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Even if the general fatality rate is as low as 1%, which Leung thinks is possible once milder cases are taken into account, the death toll would be massive
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0.6-0.8% of the World population isn't a small number. That's only around 46 million deaths.
