Comments on: Is H1N1 the New SARS? http://www.pixelsandpills.com/2009/11/09/h1n1-sars/ Thoughts on Pharma and Digital Media Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:13:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: schlingel http://www.pixelsandpills.com/2009/11/09/h1n1-sars/comment-page-1/#comment-182 schlingel Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:26:02 +0000 http://www.pixelsandpills.com/?p=669#comment-182 What the WHO infographic really tells us is: -Bird flu had a mortality rate of about 50% -SARS hat a mortality rate of about 10% -The mortality rate of swine flu is less than one percent So, the probability of getting infected with swine flu is higher but the probability of dying (what is the more drastic outcome) is way lower than with all the other influenzas. You can't just compare the death rates because you don't simply die without being infected. And as soon as you are infected the risk of dying is dramatically lower with swine flu. What the WHO infographic really tells us is:
-Bird flu had a mortality rate of about 50%
-SARS hat a mortality rate of about 10%
-The mortality rate of swine flu is less than one percent

So, the probability of getting infected with swine flu is higher but the probability of dying (what is the more drastic outcome) is way lower than with all the other influenzas.
You can’t just compare the death rates because you don’t simply die without being infected. And as soon as you are infected the risk of dying is dramatically lower with swine flu.

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