07-05-2003, 10:47 AM
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Vindication! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2992749.stm Quote:
The World Health Organization (WHO) initially estimated that the death rate from the virus was 5%.
But the new study - the first to be based on a statistically sound sample of 1,425 cases - puts the death rate at one in five (20%).
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The death rate is more than 40% for patients aged 60 or over - but just 13% for those under 60.
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