UPMC Official Claims Coronavirus Not Nearly As Deadly As Reported, Hospital Shifting Back To Normal

By  Amanda Prestigiacomo

On Thursday, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s chair of emergency medicine Dr. Donald Yealy claimed the fatality rate of the novel coronavirus is far lower than initially suspected, closer to .25%, based off Allegheny County data and extrapolations from New York and California randomized antibody testing.

Initial modeling that crafted policy across the globe, including in the United States, suggested the fatality rate of COVID-19 was anywhere from 2-4%, if not higher.

The center, bracing for a surge of patients that have yet to materialize, are working well below capacity, Dr. Yealy noted, announcing a shift in policy to re-open their hospitals back to normal levels.

UPMC is Pennsylvania’s largest nongovernmental employer, the center’s website outlines, consisting of 89,000 employees, 40 hospitals, and 700 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites.

“Dr. Donald Yealy based it partly on studies of levels of coronavirus antibodies detected in people in New York and California, and partly on COVID-19 deaths in the Pittsburgh region,” a Penn Live report explained, covering Dr. Yealy’s Thursday presser. “The studies found that 5-20% of people had been exposed to the coronavirus, with many noticing only mild illness or none at all, he said.”

“We’ve learned that way more people, far, far more people have actually been exposed to the infection without any knowledge of it. That makes the overall death rate much lower,” said Yealy. “Many people just didn’t feel sick at all and recovered without difficulty.”

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