Rhinoviruses are a common cause of *the common cold*. A study looked at adults hospitalized w/ these viruses or the flu, & found that there was a 30-day mortality rate of 9.6%(!) for the common cold & 7.1%(!) for the flu. Avg age of those who died: 82 1/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343795/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...

A study estimated the hospitalization rate for rhinoviruses to be about 3/1000 people per year (linked) & the flu to be about 1.5/1000 people per year (CDC data comparing the whole US) 2/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744574/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...

So what are those numbers currently for #SARSCoV2?

Avg age of those who have died: at least 75

Hospitalization rate as of 4/11/2020:
~0.01 / 1000 people for kids
0.1 / 1000 people for adults <50
0.64 / 1000 people for adults >65

3/ #hospitalizations">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html #hospitalizations">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavir...

This thread discusses a French study where there was no evidence that kids were able to pass on #COVID19 to other people 4/ https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1252608211137581057?s=20">https://twitter.com/AlexBeren...

An in-depth study of clusters of cases in China, there were ZERO clusters from folks who were outdoors (defined as 3+ infections) 5/ https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1253334525238640641?s=20">https://twitter.com/AlexBeren...