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Originally Posted by Steve Shauger
One variable not factored in to US statistics are the # of people who are infected that have not been tested (due to lack of kits or symptoms). Hopefully the death rate will drastically drop.
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I know this post was made a couple of weeks ago, but a thought occurred to me in reference to comparisons of COVID19 to H1N1. Yes, the fatality rate for CV19 will probably drop because more mild cases will be disclosed through testing, but how many H1N1 cases also went undetected? I don't recall a big push for widespread H1N1 testing back in 2009 (although that was ten years ago, so maybe I'm just not remembering it). So I guess my point is that it may not be a valid comparison, since we don't really know how many undetected, relatively mild cases of either illness there were/are. However, I have read that CV19 has a mush higher transmission rate, i.e., much more contagious, and the fact that a person can walk around spreading it for days before feeling any symptoms makes it very insidious and sneaky. I think that's what makes it so dangerous.