Stanford doctors face hysteria, data show virus mortality “close to influenza”

A professor at Stanford University pushed back the estimated mortality from the coronavirus pandemic, and believes it “doesn’t seem” as high as expected.

Dr. Jay Battacharyah, professor of medicine at Stanford University, told Fox News host Tucker Carlsson that he did not agree with the figures released by the World Health Organization. Infected.

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“Based on the evidence I’ve seen so far, I think it’s probably orders of magnitude lower than the first estimate,” said Bhattacharya.Tucker Carlson Tonight“Tuesday.

“The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that it was initially 3.4%. It’s very unlikely that it’s near that. Probably much closer to the mortality rate seen with influenza per case He added.

“Of course, the problem is that there is no vaccine,” continued Bhattacharya.

“That means, in that sense, it’s more deadly and broader than the flu, overwhelming the hospital system. The flu isn’t,” he said, “I don’t think it’s as deadly as people. “Thought. “

Bhattacharya explained that with continued research, scientists and health officials “can get a much more accurate understanding of how widespread this is.”

“There seem to be many cases of viruses that we haven’t identified in test plans around the world,” he said. “I think far more people are infected than this. We understand that …… it means that mortality is orders of magnitude lower than people actually notice. And I think you are.”

Carlson asked if he was “afraid or not afraid” of the coronavirus, as a result of an investigation conducted by Mr. Batachariya.

“I’m not as afraid as it used to be,” he replied, referring to how fear of the spread of the virus affected everyday interactions in the family.

“I hope we can really relieve the fears that are there once we get the right numbers,” said Bhattacharya.

Carlson, in the first half of his soliloquy, talked about the fears caused by the worst-case scenario originally reported. Carlson published the latest infection rate report from various countries, looking at the overall number of cases tested and confirmed.

“If the infection is more widespread than you think by definition, it means that the virus is less lethal,” he said, which is good news for overwhelmed healthcare professionals and hospitals, and the virus “has been put into practice. It ’s close ”. That course. “

Carlson added, “If the trend is accurate, the rest of us may be a little less scary in the future.”

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