Re: [MBZ] Max's COVID-19 vs H1N1 update

2020-04-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Time for another update! On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 9:14 AM Meade Dillon wrote: > Then: > > H1N1: From 12 April 2009 to 10 April 2010, a study estimated that > approximately 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 > hospitalizations (195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (8868-18,306)

Re: [MBZ] Max's COVID-19 vs H1N1 update

2020-04-06 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Weekly update. Then and now: H1N1: From 12 April 2009 to 10 April 2010, a study estimated that approximately 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (8868-18,306) occurred in the United States due to pH1N1. COVID-19 As of

Re: [MBZ] Max's COVID-19 vs H1N1 update

2020-03-29 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
I dont know the answer to that. Not hard to figure out when it is all over. The main issue is that it is all happening relatively rapidly. The other issue not captured in all cause mortality is the ages of the people who are dying. Lots of people 60 and even a fair number of 50-somethings. These

Re: [MBZ] Max's COVID-19 vs H1N1 update

2020-03-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Karl, I wonder - what is the percentage of COVID 19 deaths above the pre-pandemic "average" death totals in NYC? On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 4:50 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yeah. Flu is no joke either. But its rate of hospitalizing people does not > compare. The

Re: [MBZ] Max's COVID-19 vs H1N1 update

2020-03-28 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yeah. Flu is no joke either. But its rate of hospitalizing people does not compare. The main difference is that many people are already immune to h1n1, so they dont all show up to the ER at the same time, also because h1n1 is less contagious. And covid 19 hospitalizes 20% of the people it infects,

[MBZ] Max's COVID-19 vs H1N1 update

2020-03-28 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Time for another update. Then and now: H1N1: From 12 April 2009 to 10 April 2010, a study estimated that approximately 60.8 million cases (range: 43.3-89.3 million), 274,304 hospitalizations (195,086-402,719), and 12,469 deaths (8868-18,306) occurred in the United States due to pH1N1. COVID-19