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Sunday, 22 March 2020

99% of Those Who’ve Died From COVID 19 Had Other Illness, Italy Says

[Collective Evolution]: A recent study published in Italy shows that 99 percent of people who have died so far from COVID 19 had pre-existing medical conditions that made them more susceptible to death. This may have changed as we are still in the early stages.

Are the numbers we are seeing around the world legit? Are they real? How does this pandemic compare with already existing diseases and viruses that have been around for quite a while? Is this hysteria, or necessary precaution?

The new coronavirus is taking the world by storm, but there is some good news that’s come out recently. The estimates of the death rate have significantly lowered, with some studies emphasizing a one percent death rate. Dr. Anthony Fauci, longtime director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, wrote (in the New England Journal of Medicine), that “the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%,” if we assume that “the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases.” ...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...