Well, at least pneumonia was known as the "old man's friend", because it's relatively painless. (View Post)

The evolution of the Italian statistics on the age distribution of fatalities does suggest that younger patients are taking much longer to die. A tiny proportion of the dead were below 60 early on. A… (View Post)

Many more people are going into hospital than will go into intensive care or die. (View Post)

I have 4300 today compared with 5959 nine days ago. And compared with a peak of 6557 on 22 March, just under two weeks after the lockdown. (View Post)

Hospital admissions seem to be rising again now, which suggests something needs to be done. Extending the period of self-isolation for those with symptoms to the WHO recommendation would be something… (View Post)