From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 11:43:24 MST
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, matus wrote:
> Do we have any idea what the fatality rates are compared with how long one
> has been infected?
Probably not. I suspect there are genetic and or other health
factors (e.g. nutrition) that would be involved, so it is going
to be hard to tease apart the factors.
But it seems clear that it knocks down infected people for several
weeks if not a month or more -- that would be typical time for one
to develop a robust immune system response. So it is an infection
with severe physiological consequences until your immune system
ramps up to deal with it (if it can do so).
> 55 people dead out of 1500 is scary enough, but if its
> 55 people dead out of the 55 who have had it the longest, thats really
> scary.
Yep, its a 3%+ fatality rate *minimum*.
Not smallpox -- but certainly an early warning sign we should
be paying attention to.
Robert
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