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by glofish 6y ago
case fatality rate is the observed death rate based on known cases
infection fatality rate is the observed death rate based on all (known+undetected) cases
the Swedish report indicates of infection fatality rate of 0.1%
- greedo 6y ago<the Swedish report indicates of infection fatality rate of 0.1%> That's incorrect. The IFR in Stockholm (the epicenter for COVID-19) in Sweden is .6% currently [0]. Only if you exclude anyone above 70 do you get an IFR of .1%. According to [1] 20% of the population is 65 and older, roughly 2m people. [0]https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/53c0dc391be54f5d959ead9131edb771/infection-fatality-rate-covid-19-stockholm-technical-report.pdf https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/53c0dc391b... [1]https://www.indexmundi.com/sweden/demographics_profile.html https://www.indexmundi.com/sweden/demographics_profile.html
- glofish 6y agook, valid point I recalled it incorrectly, FWIW the IFR is getting tiny as for younger people so using the the same preventive measures for low risk people that we use for high risk ones does not make much sense
- greedo 6y agoThe issue is that's completely impractical in our society to expect to be able to protect the 30-40% at risk from the 60% that has a lower level of risk.