re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

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CFR is 2.3%

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Case fatality ratio for those who aren't tracking, I wasn't initially.

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50% for those that progress to critically ill.

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This is pretty standard for patients that develop ARDS (almost all cases that become "critical") whether from the flu, pneumonia, or a virus like this.

The CFR of 2.3% is significantly higher than we are used to though (20-30 times greater than the flu)