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Part of the problem is people who think mortality rate is the same as case fatality risk (CFR). You are one of them too, so look it up.
by kubanczyk 7y ago
Part of the problem is people who think mortality rate is the same as case fatality risk (CFR). You are one of them too, so look it up.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoEvery article I've read reported the WHO's statement using the words "death rate" or "mortality rate". I understand that in the technical sense, the mortality rate is always relative to the total population whether or not they're infected, but I don't think anyone is getting confused by this, and since I'm not myself an expert I'm going to use colloquial terminology over epidemological jargon. Nobody thought the WHO's 3.4% number was saying that 3.4% of the world population is dead.