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I haven't really examined the OP that closely to verify anything you're claiming but FWIW the experts screwed this up enough. > Almost as a parenthetical after
by xxxxxxxx7 6y ago
I haven't really examined the OP that closely to verify anything you're claiming but FWIW the experts screwed this up enough.
> Almost as a parenthetical afterthought, the NEJM editorial inaccurately stated that 0.1% is the approximate
case fatality rate of seasonal influenza. By contrast, the
World Health Organization (WHO) reported that
0.1% or lower is the approximate influenza infection
fatality rate,5 not the case fatality rate. To fully appreciate the significance of discrepancies in fatality rate
usage by NIAID, the CDC, and the WHO, brief definitions of relevant epidemiological terms follow.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7ACD87D8FD2237285EB667BB28DCC6E9/S1935789320002980a.pdf/public_health_lessons_learned_from_biases_in_coronavirus_mortality_overestimation.pdf https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/c...