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Fair enough, but would there be a reason it would be different? And even if it were, is that actually relevant? Anyway, here's some IFR estimations for covid b

Fair enough, but would there be a reason it would be different? And even if it were, is that actually relevant? Anyway, here's some IFR estimations for covid by Imperial college: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30243-7/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... You see significantly higher multipliers by age group than for flu. As one example, they are guessing teenagers have 1/17th the mortality rate of say a 40 year old. For flu (going by deaths), it's about 1/5th.

ashtonkem 7y ago
There is absolutely plenty of reason for the infection rate to be different by demographic: we closed schools down. We don’t do that for the flu.
- usaar333 7y ago
  We also don't Shelter in place for flu. Bay Area school closure date is 1 day before SIP. Sweden and Iceland never closed schools for young kids. Data doesn't look any different.
  - ashtonkem 7y ago
    That’s a good argument.
  - kaitai 7y ago
    Sweden has a substantially higher case fatality rate for COVID-19 compared to other industrialized nations, so it's an interesting case.