Friday, April 30, 2021

From the Faucian Bargain: Covid-19 a severe seasonal influenza

On 2/28/2020, Anthony Fauci et al. published following editorial in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. Since then we witnessed the "Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History"
It was the correct assessment by the most highly compensated federal employee Fauci in February of last year and it still correct, but since then ...

"... This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%) or a pandemic influenza (similar to those in 1957 and 1968) rather than a disease similar to SARS or MERS, which have had case fatality rates of 9 to 10% and 36%, respectively. ..."

Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted | NEJM

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