Saturday, August 1, 2020

The CDC reports on "the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 (PIC)" But what about the percentage of deaths attributed to just COVID-19?

The CDC reports on "the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 (PIC)"

But what about the percentage of deaths attributed to just COVID-19?

"The current best estimates for the infection fatality risk are between 0.5% and 1%," says Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/28/863944333/antibody-tests-point-to-lower-death-rate-for-the-coronavirus-than-first-thought

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