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Define dangerous. A study was just released by Stanford University with the objective of estimating the infection fatality rate of COVID-19. The results are as
by monological 6y ago
Define dangerous. A study was just released by Stanford University with the objective of estimating the infection fatality rate of COVID-19. The results are as follows: "In people < 70 years, infection fatality rates ranged from 0.00% to 0.31% with crude and corrected medians of 0.05%."[1]
Is it much better to "err on the side of caution," when the numbers are so low? And if someone is a high risk individual, they can avoid putting themselves at risk by getting food delivered to their home. Should the entire state shutdown and destroy the economy in the process, just because a small percentage of the high-risk population wants to eat out? Shouldn't they also be able to make that decision for themselves, if they're OK with taking that risk or not?
Some things to think about.
[0]: https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf https://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.20.265892.pdf