Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Chinese government reported that 1,700 health care workers have > contracted the virus, and 6 have died. That is a mortality rate of 0.4%. > > A mortality rate cannot be determined without the number that recover. We > don't know that yet. > Ah, but we probably do know that number for the health care workers. 1,716 are reported ill. Most appear to be okay now. I think most got sick weeks ago when they had not been warned of the danger, because the government was covering up. I expect that number is accurate. More accurate than it would be any other group because: 1. They are right there in the hospital. They will not be overlooked. 2. I expect they get priority treatment from their colleagues. Again, they will not be overlooked or undercounted. 3. There are not many, so it is easy to keep track of them. 4. The exact number, 1,716, indicates that someone is keeping a careful tally.
