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How many people around the world are likely to get sick from the novel coronavirus? how many people will die?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Too many variables: All predictions include changing variables such as population mobility and comorbidities, immunity variables and many others. Many, up to half of individuals develop a very light form of the disease and only few die.

Answered 4/23/2020

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