{"id":11109,"date":"2020-04-08T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=11109"},"modified":"2022-07-21T12:23:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:23:18","slug":"coronavirus-lethality-is-the-death-rate-8-or-0-8-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/coronavirus-lethality-is-the-death-rate-8-or-0-8-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus lethality: is the death rate 8 or 0.8% in Italy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The numbers about the coronavirus lethality differ dramatically. While in Italy, the authorities report a mortality rate around 8-9%, Germany and Japan reported numbers closer to 1-2%.<\/p>\n<p>Why does that happen?<\/p>\n<p>The number report today was a little over 6K deaths for 64K confirmed coronavirus infection. That&#8217;s a mortality rate of 9.3%. Quite high, worrying.<\/p>\n<p>However, Japan reported 33 deaths out of ~1K cases (3.3% mortality rate) and Germany reported only 159 deaths in close to 34K confirmed cases&#8230; wait, that&#8217;s only 0.5% mortality rate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"721\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-254.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-254.png 721w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-254-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><figcaption>Six times lower than Japan and almost 20 times lower than Italy. What is Germany doing differently?<br> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I already have an opinion, but let&#8217;s cover all the available theories:<br> &nbsp;1) The most obvious: the health system in Germany is better equipped<br> 2) The germans are using innovative treatments<br> 3) Germany is still on the early days of the outbreak, so there was not &#8220;enough time&#8221; for the mortality rate to stabilize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the less obvious: they are simply testing more people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much does it impact? TEN TIMES, at least. They are testing ten times more people, and that&#8217;s what brings the mortality rate so down, so in reality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Infection rates are probably 10 times lower<\/li><li>Mortality rates are probably 10 times lower<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We simply don&#8217;t have an accurate estimation of the total number of affected individuals, because a lot of them don&#8217;t develop the symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest explanation is often the right one. It&#8217;s called the Okam Razor in science&#8230; and that&#8217;s a fairly simple explanation for this discrepancy in the numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, this number is closer to the &#8220;perception&#8221; of health professionals in the frontlines. In proportion, not many people are dying from the coronavirus infection &#8211; so, not that serious &#8211; however, the numbers are high because the virality is higher than the one we are used to for respiratory diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-255.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-255.png 494w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image-255-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption>The germans are in fact actively testing people, even if they don&#8217;t present symptoms. That&#8217;s the only way to have an accurate estimate of the infection rate in the population.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If I could have one sentence to say here, it would be: don&#8217;t panic.  These time sare over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try to prevent infection, wash your hands, keep the immunity system well set, and that&#8217;s it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The likelyhood of a lethal cause is low, if adequate critical care is available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A treatment is underway, we&#8217;ll have vaccines for the next year and this whole thing will pass. I bet that coronavirus infection won&#8217;t be a trending topic by your next birthday party.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I already have an opinion, but let&#8217;s cover all the available theories: &nbsp;1) The most obvious: the health system in Germany is better equipped 2) The germans are using innovative treatments 3) Germany is still on the early days of the outbreak, so there was not &#8220;enough time&#8221; for the mortality rate to stabilize And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[419],"tags":[388,444,443,445,447,446,448,449],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coronvairus lethality: 8 or 0.8% in Italy? - See the blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Coronavirus lethality differ dramatically between countries.Italy reports 8-9%, while Germany and reported less than 1-2%.Why? 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