# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/5957 "2020-12-07T14:50:36Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> > [@FigNorton](#):
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> > That’s a very raw case fatality rate. Coupled with how much this varies by age, blankly stating there’s a rough fatality rate of 1.9% is quite improper.
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> Please let us know the people whose deaths shouldn’t be counted.

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