CDC's New 'Best Estimate' Implies a Covid-19 Infection Fatality Rate Below 0.3% (reason.com) 16 points by Factorium 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] basicplus2 4y ago ↗ Edit.. Correction.. Appeared incorrect to me..https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/85320e2ea5424dfaaa75a...but does not include asymptomatic etc cases never reported [–] nradov 4y ago ↗ Please stop spreading misinformation. You're confusing case fatality rate with infection fatality rate. There has never been a credible IFR estimate as high as 2%. The previous CDC IFR estimate was 0.6%.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd... [–] a0-prw 4y ago ↗ Yes, and remember that the IFR varies widely with age group demographics, from insignificant for kids to damn scary for above 80.Also, there are other factors than age involved, like obesity and other comorbidities, for those who want to roughly judge their own personal risk. [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] [deleted] 4y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] nradov 4y ago ↗ Please stop spreading misinformation. You're confusing case fatality rate with infection fatality rate. There has never been a credible IFR estimate as high as 2%. The previous CDC IFR estimate was 0.6%.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd... [–] a0-prw 4y ago ↗ Yes, and remember that the IFR varies widely with age group demographics, from insignificant for kids to damn scary for above 80.Also, there are other factors than age involved, like obesity and other comorbidities, for those who want to roughly judge their own personal risk.
[–] a0-prw 4y ago ↗ Yes, and remember that the IFR varies widely with age group demographics, from insignificant for kids to damn scary for above 80.Also, there are other factors than age involved, like obesity and other comorbidities, for those who want to roughly judge their own personal risk.
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but does not include asymptomatic etc cases never reported
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd...
Also, there are other factors than age involved, like obesity and other comorbidities, for those who want to roughly judge their own personal risk.