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That's not the mortality rate but the ratio against overall deaths. it says: "The percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza is 7.1%, below the
by ce4 7y ago
That's not the mortality rate but the ratio against overall deaths. it says: "The percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza is 7.1%, below the epidemic threshold of 7.2%."
- anonsivalley652 7y agoYou beat me to it. (Sorry to the GP for seeming to dogpile!)
- sdenton4 7y agoHa, right. The completely standard and obvious threshold of 7.2% to declare an epidemic... Seems like the number is chosen so that you can say an epidemic is anything worse than the flu?
- ce4 7y agoI was just quoting, but also wondered about that seemingly random threshold. Looks like a crude measure