Open AccessA Philosophic Investigation of the New Coronavirus
Author(s) -
Daniel von Wachter,
AUTHOR_ID
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the beacon: journal for studying ideologies and mental dimensions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2713-1890
pISSN - 2713-1882
DOI - 10.55269/thebeacon.3.010910203
Subject(s) - covid-19 , coronavirus , case fatality rate , severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus , betacoronavirus , virology , medicine , environmental health , geography , disease , population , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The New Coronavirus (NCoV, SARS-CoV-2) causes in people with average health no or light symptoms. The serious symptoms that occur in some people who are infected with NCoV, are only partially caused by NCoV or not caused by it at all. It can be understood even by a non-specialist. If one collects some information and considers it carefully, this is in what he or she should rationally believe. The effect of NCoV cannot be known by estimating the case fatality rate, but only by considering the cases in which healthy persons are infected by NCoV.