Barry, I do not believe I am saying anything other than IFR and CFR are often mixed up.
I saw a three paragraph article in a news paper about the confusion between IFR and CFR. I then got the four numbers directly from WHO and CDC press releases. davew On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, at 2:51 PM, Barry MacKichan wrote: > Are you saying that 95% to 97% of flu infections are asymptomatic (“cases” vs > “infections”)? What is a source for this? > —Barry > On 12 Sep 2020, at 10:44, Prof David West wrote: >> IFR = infection fatality rate >> CFR = case fatality rate >> >> A "case"requires symptoms. >> >> Seasonal flu has an IFR of 0.1% and a CFR of 2-3% > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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