Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/0b73wWtxkJo One case report of viral transfer from an asymptomatic carrier in China.  Five family members contracted the disease from a a person who had been in Wuhan. Case series from Wuhan: 710 total with disease; 7.3% critically ill: 2/3s men; non-survivors were older, had other illness. Larger  case series just in from Wuhan: total of  44, 672 confirmed cases: 81% were mild,  14% were severe, 5% critical; overall case fatality rate of 2.3%; almost twice as high in men;  none among those with mild cases but 49% among those in critical condition; 0.2% 0-40 years, 1.3% in 50s, 3.6% in 60s, 8% in 70s, and 14.8% 80+; first recognition of CoVid19 cases on 12/31/2019, epidemic peaked January 23-26, 2019 Rate of Chinese CoVid incidence is diminishing. (graph)   https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30079-5/fulltext https://bit.ly/2Tan9mm https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/coronavirus-treament-recovery.html   #covid19 #coronavirus #epidemic