Assuming that these 17,000 cases are representative of those who have sought care for #nCoV2019 in China so far, it seems plausible to me that the true % of mild *illness* (including those with symptoms so mild that they don’t warrant care-seeking) may be even higher yet. [1/2]
After all, it seems that most of the cases outside of China have been mild to date. I doubt that all of these cases would’ve sought care for their symptoms; instead, they were identified due to heightened international surveillance following the initial outbreak in Wuhan. [2/2]
PS: The epidemiological vocabulary choices here are intentional. Not all instances of illness are considered cases. Only those who *seek* care for their illness (on their own) — or are positively identified and *enrolled* in care (via surveillance efforts) — are considered cases.
