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I am not excited about lack of long term data on this vaccine for a disease with such a low IFR.
by as_keyof_typeof 6y ago
I am not excited about lack of long term data on this vaccine for a disease with such a low IFR.
- Ovah 6y agoFor those who don't know (including me), IFR means Infection Fatality Rate. "applies to infectious disease outbreaks ... [and] represents the proportion of deaths among all infected individuals, including all asymptomatic and undiagnosed subjects." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_fatality_rate
- macintux 6y agoThe problem is that the fatality rate for all medical problems goes up when your healthcare system is overwhelmed and your providers are sick or dying. Don’t get appendicitis when your local hospitals are setting up tent cities to cope with the demand.
- as_keyof_typeof 6y agoThe only overwhelm hospitals experienced was due to the significant number of staff that were furloughed. No health systems were truly overwhelmed from this virus.