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Here's an attempt at estimating the true infection rate in NYC. Same math can be applied elsewhere. (e.g.,Chicago is at 5%) https://medium.com/@FasinFoxtrot/st

by fovc 7y ago

Here's an attempt at estimating the true infection rate in NYC. Same math can be applied elsewhere. (e.g.,Chicago is at 5%) https://medium.com/@FasinFoxtrot/stay-the-f-home-d43ffea8b4 https://medium.com/@FasinFoxtrot/stay-the-f-home-d43ffea8b4

verdverm 7y ago
Did you read the article? The link you posted is likely in the class of meaningless studies for Nate's piece because you didn't account for the nonrandom testing that is going on
- fovc 7y ago
  I did, and I read the linked to papers like https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/severity/global_cfr_estimates.html https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/severity/global_cfr_e.... The medium piece uses deaths, not cases, to drive the estimate
  - verdverm 7y ago
    Which is even further removed from the answer