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Well I'm glad to hear that you survived the great tennis elbow pandemic (must have been pretty scary though - my commiserations). The thing is that deaths are "absolute", recoveries are not... at what time can you be sure someone's not going to relapse? And if they survive, their lungs may be so damaged that a future mild infection may kill them, but will that be counted as a C19 death?
I like you "Schroedinger" analogy, grim though it is. But since "recoveries" can be counted only against those tested and confirmed to have C19, again it's fairly meaningless until 100% of the population are counted 100% of the time. Maybe the Dutch are only hospitalising (and testing) people who are almost on their last breath. That's (one reason) why inter-country comparisons are both meaningless and useless.
Finally, I don't think any doctors anywhere are curing people of this, but simply managing to keep them alive long enough that they recover. The common cold is a coronavirus, but even so all we've achieved so far with that is symptom control.
Stay safe and good luck! 
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DerekT-P wrote: "recoveries" can be counted only against those tested and confirmed to have C19, again it's fairly meaningless until 100% of the population are counted 100% of the time. Maybe the Dutch are only hospitalising (and testing) people who are almost on their last breath. That's (one reason) why inter-country comparisons are both meaningless and useless.
This is true. They're currently only testing some of the people who show symptoms or have been in close contact with confirmed cases, so it skews the figures a lot.
Hopefully, people like me, by promoting the "100% mortality rate!" thing, will encourage them to test more.
The same thing shows up very clearly in US testing -- just over 100,000 tested; about 30,000 confirmed infections. If people in the US start shouting about a 30% infection rate, a bit more effort might go into testing a little more.
A high level of testing appears to be the most successful weapon against the spread: Chinese and South Korean medics have been going door-to-door, testing people in the worst zones, then dragging infected people off to quarantine, if necessary; and their figures (while they show a high infection rate, because of the extensive testing) are improving, while the rest of the world's are getting worse.
Never be afraid to make the kind of noise that politicians don't want to hear.
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If "the quality of the health service" was the only factor affecting these figures, you might draw the conclusions you suggest.
But there are a lot of factors outside of the health system - most of all: The politicians. Which decisions they make to try to control the spread of the virus. The structure of society can greatly affect the spreading, too: An rural society where noone (or very few) are traveling very much, and each farming family essentially stays on the farm, maybe bringing their products to the local market once a week where they meet a few others that live in a similar way is not going to lead to a rapid spread.
Most of those dying from the virus are old people, many having other diseases as well. Remember that many "new" causes of death the last generation or two has to do with people living much longer. In the old days, people simply didn't live long enough to suffer these new diseases. In a non-Western culture, where people do not live much longer that we did a hundred years ago, maybe (note: maybe!) you won't have as many deaths, even though their health service may be rather primitive.
There are so many factors to take into consideration that I am sure that you have to be an expert in pandemics to think of even half of them. Putting just a handful simple figures into a spreadsheet and pretend that we can draw any valuable conclusion from that has no value whatsoever - except possibly as entertainment. Like playing Monopoly, which certainly can tell you nothing about how to handle the economic crisis.
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Member 7989122 wrote: except possibly as entertainment
Bingo!
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In the long term, the mortality rate is always 100% - corona or not.
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"The only way to win is not to play the game"?
Might be tricky to implement.
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Ask some religious guy. They are convinced that they will win.
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If they cancel the Tokyo olypics and there is no trrack and field events, is that to stop all the racists? If so what about the swimming competitions and all the relays?
BTW I was nevre fast enough to be a racist or racer.
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Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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you'd think the Japanese would build robots to replace the athletes,
I mean they got robots for pretty much everything else over there.
heck, they could even build robot audiences too
...except for English football audiences - even robots have limits to nastiness and profanity inventiveness.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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lopatir wrote: even robots have limits to nastiness and profanity inventiveness
and can't get drunk 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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lopatir wrote: I mean they got robots for pretty much everything else over there.
Are you thinking of the biological kind?
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up-vote this post if you don't like up-voting.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, people
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But I do like upvoting, so I tried to downvote your post to indicate that and failed.
I will have to report you as a troll instead in compensation.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Staying at home isn't boring at all. But I have a question...
Why don't they work harder to ensure that cans of pork-n-beans have EXACTLY the same number of beans, and pieces of pork?
And now that I know there's a problem, I feel like I have to check ALL of the canned goods as they are consumed.
When I have enough data, I'm gonna start writing some strongly worded letters.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Why don't you write an article for a consumer magazine: "Statistical Variation in Contents of Canned Goods"?
(My feeling is that CodeProject isn't quite the right place for this...)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Can't help you there, not allowed to eat beans unless I want to sleep somewhere very uncomfortable.
But I am doing research on fly wing oscillations, specifically beats per minute. I'll keep you posted!
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
JaxCoder.com
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Damn now what am I going to do with this super coffee buzz?
I lost count anyway!
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
JaxCoder.com
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Win Lulu's onion knight power up in Final Fantasy 10. That should keep you occupied for at least a day.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Maybe I ought to take up gaming in my spare time...oh wait I don't have any spare time.
I'm busier than a cat trying to bury poop on a marble floor!
I'm hiding from exercise...I'm in the fitness protection program.
JaxCoder.com
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I think they've got the lyrics wrong, here[^].
I remember it as:
... and say
One for you, one for you, one for you...
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Since it is packaged on a volume-limited basis that is the only criterion they can be consistent with. They fill the cans to a consistent volume level and that is the only thing they can almost guarantee. What that volume actually consists of is a crap shoot.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I haven't seen the package in question, but I can almost guarantee it's sold by weight, not volume.
That's how companies selling potato chips can get away with these "big bags containing mostly air". The weight is clearly written on the bag; as long as what they sell you weighs at least that much, consumer can't complain about some sort of misrepresentation or false advertising.
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You need to create a container-based web app, to make certain your data is reliable! 
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