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Germany’s low COVID-19 fatality rate (1.6%) due to Corona Taxis with Medics, younger..
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Germany’s low COVID-19 fatality rate (1.6%) due to Corona Taxis with Medics, younger..
Apr 6, 2020, 10:09 AM
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patients initially with avg age of 46, earlier testing & distancing.
The medics go to the sick patient who’s been in bed 5-7 days at home & make decisions on whether to admit them into the hospital system.
And the lower age of the sick, at first, is due to their sick being skiers who had been in Italy & other nearby countries’ in ski slopes.
Our medium age is like 69 & fatality rate at 2.9%.
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There is also some discussion that Germany is counting
Apr 6, 2020, 10:17 AM
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their virus fatalities differently than other countries which contributes to their lower mortality rates. I have read some articles that say that if a German COVID-19 patient had a severe preexisting condition and dies, that in a lot of cases they attribute the death to the underlying condition and not the virus.
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i saw that to and it makes sense
Apr 6, 2020, 11:22 AM
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It explains why Germany’s rate is an outlier on the low side
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Interesting
Apr 6, 2020, 10:27 AM
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So it is possibly 16 times more deadly than the flu in a good situation. Anyway, what does it all come down to...age? Italy has an older population and they are getting rocked.
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testing overrated
Apr 6, 2020, 11:59 AM
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Testing has low correlation to fatality rate. If it did Japan with a test rate of 500 per capita woudlnt have one of the lowest fatality rate despite having a high elderly population. Lack of testing the the US wont affect fatality greatly. Masks however seem to help. The countries that force everyone to wear masks,not N95 just any face covering, are performing much better.
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I’m wondering if Asian populations may already have some
Apr 6, 2020, 12:42 PM
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Antibodies/ immunity within their population.
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Re: Germany’s low COVID-19 fatality rate...
Apr 6, 2020, 12:24 PM
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There are several possible explanations for this statistical anomaly. It could be that the Germans are more likely to test mildly symptomatic patients than most countries of the world. That seems to be the reason most experts believe. It could be that German healthcare is "better" (I doubt this). It could be that Germans have better immunity (I doubt this). It could be that German physicians are less likely to attribute a death to Covid-19. I have heard rumors that this may be the case- For instance, if a patient has COPD, but dies of Covid-19 infection the german physicians are more likely to put the cause of death as "COPD".
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Re: Germans are responsive to authority
Apr 6, 2020, 3:02 PM
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This has nothing to do with lower death rates from Covid-19. The Covid-19 death rate is the % of infections that end up with the infected patient dying. The things you speak of can lower the rate at which people infected, but not the Covid-19 death rate.
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Re: Germans are responsive to authority
Apr 6, 2020, 10:25 PM
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lol potd
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