Chris Whitty, UK Chief Medical Officer
I will keep sharing this until it fully sinks in.
1. Over the whole EPIDEMIC (note he does not say Pandemic), even if there is no vaccine, a high proportion will not get it.
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I will keep sharing this until it fully sinks in.
1. Over the whole EPIDEMIC (note he does not say Pandemic), even if there is no vaccine, a high proportion will not get it.
#COVID19
2. 2. Of those who do, a significant proportion (exact number not yet clear) have no symptoms
3. Of the symptomatic cases, the great majority (80%) a mild moderate disease.
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3. Of the symptomatic cases, the great majority (80%) a mild moderate disease.
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3. 4. A MINORITY has to go to hospital, most need only oxygen. The GREAT MAJORITY of these survive
5. A MINORITY of those need ventilation
6. A MINORITY of every age group sadly die with current treatment, but even of the oldest group, most do not.
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5. A MINORITY of those need ventilation
6. A MINORITY of every age group sadly die with current treatment, but even of the oldest group, most do not.
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