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A lot of discussion seems to highlight the problem of unreported cases, but surely this is a problem for all diseases, not just novel ones. Are there any epide
by wyattpeak 7y ago
A lot of discussion seems to highlight the problem of unreported cases, but surely this is a problem for all diseases, not just novel ones.
Are there any epidemiologists here to answer how we account for unreported cases of e.g. flu in mortality rates? And if we don't, is it reasonable to ignore unreported cases of coronavirus as well, to compare like with like, or is there some factor I'm missing?
- yibg 7y agoNot an expert here but isn’t there an unknown in the ratio of reported cases too? I doubt it’s safe to assume the percentage of flu cases reported is anywhere close to that of publicized viruses.
- Maxion 7y agoThat is correct, though I'm not an epidemiologist. The number is estimated using statistical models, such as SEIR and others. http://www.public.asu.edu/~hnesse/classes/seir.html http://www.public.asu.edu/~hnesse/classes/seir.html