<mix...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Also the numbers are too low because of people that are infected and die > away from medical care and thus don't get > included in the statistics. > The number of people who die is too low for this reason. But, the number of people who get sick and get no medical care is far higher than the number of people who die without medical care. In other words, the number of people who recover unaccounted for (without medical care) is far higher than the number of deaths. In most cases, people with severe cases seek medical care, and they are counted when they die. For this reason, the mortality rate skews higher than it really is. There were also some patients who died in the hospital from Wuhan flu but the death was ascribed to some other cause. I think this happened more often in the early weeks. It is happening less often now. I think I read that in news reports.
