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Remember that IFR (infection fatality rate) is the (total number of deaths / total number of infections). You can't use 10 million as the denominator because no
by nodamage 6y ago
Remember that IFR (infection fatality rate) is the (total number of deaths / total number of infections). You can't use 10 million as the denominator because not everyone in Sweden has actually been infected.
An antibody study[1] indicated that 7.3% of Stockholm has been infected, but that number is 1) from April and 2) is going to be higher than average because Stockholm was harder hit than the rest of the country.
[1] https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/nyheter-och-press/nyhetsarkiv/2020/maj/forsta-resultaten-fran-pagaende-undersokning-av-antikroppar-for-covid-19-virus/ https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/nyheter-och-press/nyhets...