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Given the COVID-19 quantity is dominating headlines, one might think it was a matter of life and death. And of course, it is. Coronavirus, propagation by respiratory droplets, can be brutally fatal for some. All that is your risk of death?

"On Thursday, after the World Health Organization held a two-day online meeting of 1300 scientists around the world, the agency's chief scientist, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said the consensus for the Instant is that IFR is about 0.6 percent, which means that the risk of death is less than 1 percent. Although it did not note that, 0.6 percent of the world's population is 47 million people, and 0.6 percent of the US population is 2 million people.The virus remains a major threat."

The document continued to note that tariffs in some countries, including America could indeed be higher than that. "Currently, countries have very different lethality rates, or C.F.R. of, which measure deaths in patients known for having CIVID-19. In most cases, this number is higher in countries that have had the longest virus. According toThe data collected byThe New York TimesChina reported 90,294 cases only Friday and 4.634 death, which is a 5 per cent. The United States was very close to this brand. He had 2,811,447 cases and 129.403 deaths, about 4.6 percent. »

Coronavirus case smasher

The news comes at a time when coronavirus cases are smasher in many states, including Texas, Arizona, Florida and California, many of which are to see records-low for daily cases. Not to mention, a new mutation of Covid-19 was discovered, and he believes to be even more infectious than the first. Although the number of deaths in the United States is relatively stable which, on surface sounds as encouraging news given the increase in cases-reality is that more people become coronavirus, which means that people the more vulnerable (like those who have underlying conditions or the elderly) could get it from them. "After months of study, scientists have a greater clarity on the potential that lethal of Coronavirus does recent case arises all the more alarming," ReportsNational Geographic. "Texas is just one of the states that has experienced a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in recent weeks after relaxing its guidelines on physical distancing. However, while the number of deaths has so far not increased from match, the experts warn that the coronavirus has not lost its mortal blow. On the one hand, the disease takes some time to kill, and humans take even more time to register because of the administrative paperwork of the fatal accidents of the pandemic. People who die today have probably been infected three to four weeks ago. "

"In addition," Nat Geo continues, "scientists today have a better idea of ​​how to measure Covid-19 lethality, and the numbers are alarming. The use of a more sophisticated calculation called the infection mortality rate, a few months associated with the value of the data, the last better estimates show that Covid-19 is about 50 to 100 times more deadly than influenza than the flu seasonal, on average ".

How to stay healthy

As for you, no matter where you live, and especially in Texas, try your best to do not catch Covid-19 at all, and do your best not to spread: wear a well-equipped homemade mask with several layers of Quilting fabric, or an off-the-shelf conical mask shelf; practice social distancing; Wash your hands frequently; monitor your health; And to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss theseThings you should never do during the pandemic coronavirus.