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How are H1N1 flu projections calculated?
- tokenadult 17y agoThe submitted Time blog post is interesting but the first two posted comments are way below the usual standard of HN comments. The case fatality rate has to be calculated eventually from all cases that reach an outcome (death or recovery), so it is NOT correct to do arithmetic from current cases and currently reported deaths--there is always a lag in the reporting deaths as cases either resolve to health or end fatally. The other Time comment so far doesn't even deserve a response.