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Everyone on the Diamond Princess was checked. That's why it keeps being cited as a closed population with statistically valid sampling (100%). It's the re-proje
by thu2111 7y ago
Everyone on the Diamond Princess was checked. That's why it keeps being cited as a closed population with statistically valid sampling (100%). It's the re-projections from that ship onto the age range of the general population that yields low fatality rates comparable to flu.
- sjg007 7y agoIf I was on the diamond princess during this outbreak and in a balcony room, that balcony door would have been wide open the entire time.
- nullc 7y ago> . It's the re-projections from that ship onto the age range of the general population that yields low fatality rates comparable to flu. Using old data that misses fully half of the deaths so far... (and there are still people in serious condition). For SARS resolved CFR was a more accurate estimator at all points in time: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/162/5/479/82647 https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/162/5/479/82647