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According to this epidemiologist, the comparable figure for influenza is 13%, so this is not so unusual for respiratory viruses. https://twitter.com/GidMK/stat
by comicjk 6y ago
According to this epidemiologist, the comparable figure for influenza is 13%, so this is not so unusual for respiratory viruses.
https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1326041350404415489 https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1326041350404415489
- guscost 6y ago20% sounds right on the money for a respiratory virus that is the subject of a worldwide panic.
- dtech 6y agoAnyone know what "no control for SES" from that tweet means?
- DeBraid 6y agoLikely > socioeconomic status (SES) https://www.jstor.org/stable/23363545?seq=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23363545?seq=1
- dtech 6y agoInteresting, didn't know that. This makes it a bit more likely that the 13% -> 18% increase is related to general societal impacts of Covid rather than Covid being worse in itself.