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I was watching a conference, they were saying the cruise ship was the best data, because everybody got exposed, tested and had a follow-up.
by nraynaud 7y ago
I was watching a conference, they were saying the cruise ship was the best data, because everybody got exposed, tested and had a follow-up.
- arno_app 7y agoThe cruise ship has a massive age bias. Most passengers were 60+
- nraynaud 7y agothat's the difference between "best" and "perfect"
- koheripbal 7y agoSeems like an easy variable to adjust for.
- dogma1138 7y agoThe cruise ship also didn’t had proper medical facilities. This is somewhat the problem with these epidemics the mortality rate is highly dependent on the available level of care. If the healthcare services get overwhelmed the mortality rate can easily spike.
- samvher 7y agoThey were old on average though and all got relatively good treatment (not too many overcrowded hospitals). Something that data makes very clear is that there are many asymptomatic cases though - around 50% of the people who tested positive did not experience any symptoms. Which suggests that areas where only people exhibiting symptoms get tested are probably missing a large proportion of carriers.