Meaning of the ICMR corona findings & some surprises from Germany's Heinsburg

#ICMR #CornavirusStudy

Correction: As many of you sharp viewers have pointed out, 320 positive cases out of 16,000 tests is 2 per cent, not .2. Apologies. Having said that, a 2% corona-positive rate is very encouragingly low. Lowest in the world still. So fingers crossed. Thanks for watching...Shekhar

ICMR’s just published study reveals 104 Covid infections among 5911 seriously ill patients are in ICUs. It is only 1.8% but significant. In episode 441 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses what this means, whether community transmission in India has begun or not, and some surprising findings from Heinsburg, called Germany’s Wuhan.

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[anuragbbt]

I live in Italy and working on Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer. I am following your Cut the Corona Clutter, I am so impressed with your team research and detailed oriented point by point explanation. I have been loving your political explanation and your command over global politics. I am amazed by your understanding of modern scientific technologies. Hats off to you sir.

[ThePrintIndia]

Some of you have pointed out a discrepancy in the percentage (.2) and absolute number (320) out of 16000 tests that I quoted. Something has to be wrong, I agree. I have heard the full video of Lav Agarwal briefing again (you can find out out this channel as a #ThePrintUncut) and he says .2% and 320 out of 16k. Something is wrong somewhere for sure. Let me check tomorrow what the correct position is. Will update accordingly. Thank you all....SG

[mjan]

12:34
320 out of 16000
It's 2%
Not .2 %

The print has poor maths

[vinaymalwiya]

Statistics is a dangerous subject, you can prove any thing you desire, with this subject.

[jkishan]

Dr Jai Kishan
Eye Surgeon
Surat
Shekhar ji,
I like your scientific way of analysing the Corona disease. Keep it up Sir💐

[viks]

Today I understood the difference between Community and Contact Transmission, thanks SGji.

Also, I understood the importance of Statistics learned in school and Data Science today.

[vibhavdeshpande]

Number of tests performed:
USA 2.39M
Germany 1.32M
Russia 1.09M
Italy 853.4K
Spain 355K
UK 298.2K
Iran 242.6K
Switzerland 178.5K
Japan 64.4K
Canada 370.3K
Brazil 63K
India 177.6K
We started off on less number of tests. But I think we have increased our testing pretty much since then. If you look at the number of tests, we are not much behind the countries worst hit by COVID-19 with the exception of USA, Germany and Russia. In upcoming 3-4 days, the number of tests would surely cross 300K. Even after 177.6K tests, our positive patients are quite low. Therefore, we can be optimistic in this situation while keeping our guard on.

[untoldstories]

Sir you are having cold. Pliz take care. Stay safe.

[mycents]

This channel is way better than any other news channel .... pls keep it up ....this is way better than other news channels where just panel of people keep shouting on one another

[nabarundas]

One of the few journalists that I love to listen! The clutter man.

[aritraray]

Indian living in Germany for over four years now. Big fan of your Cut the Clutter series. I'd like to point out some minor corrections. It's Heinsberg, not Hinesburg. And 320/16000 is 2 %. Not 0.2 %.

[prashikvaidya]

Sir there seems to be an error. 320 out of 16000 comes out to be 2%

[SanjayPatil-mgul]

I am a Sanghi
And I loved today's analysis !

[amitray]

You're right sir. The "positivity" rate is significant. Its 3% for is, approx 10% pakistan, 30%UK and 50% for France to name a few.

[jeswmuke]

This is the best analysis I came across so far. In true sense, you are indeed cutting the clutter ! Keep up this rare quality in journalism.

[mrashitkatiyar]

Sir,
320 out of 16000 is 2% and not 0.2% . Hence your total inference on this issue becomes wrong

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Sir; you are a great journalist.How the hell can you filter so much information and give such simple but clear analysis that any lay person can understand, without diluting the technical and scientific aspects.well carry on sir, your corona series will be a body of historical record.

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My whole day goes in freeking out about the pandemic which gets worse after watching different news channels and news media. I check the worldometer and other website almost every hour . After the whole day panicking I see your videos at night and feel hopefull and relaxed. Sir you are the best and thanks so much for decluttering important issues. I have great respect for you and your team