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temporarycovid
7y ago
Respectfully, dividing the number of deaths by the number of confirmed cases is not a useful method to determine mortality rates. The more any host country tests, the more confirmed cases arise compared to a relatively fixed number of death
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temporarycovid
7y ago
Right. As you can see I stated my beliefs as beliefs.
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temporarycovid
7y ago
Beliefs are based on public open source information including preprints, models, public data (e.g. WHO tracker), prior predictions and adjustments, news coverage, and statements made by medical experts. I will not exhaust them here. Re: &qu
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temporarycovid
7y ago
I don't think this is true. The WHO published one number for case fatality rate. According to you, they should have published two (or more) numbers. The reality of the situation is that epidemiologists use certain fixed constants to un
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temporarycovid
7y ago
I am the intended audience of this article; one of the people who the author urges should be shamed into changing my beliefs. I didn't find the article compelling. I read the entire thing. I see the author as breathless and overdramati