2/n INFECTION-fatality rate (IFR) is the rate at which people die when they get the disease Unlike CASE-fatality rate (CFR), this includes people who are not tested (i.e. asymptomatic cases) and will be lower, generally
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13/n Something worth noting here is that IFR is likely to vary by place, due to demographics and healthcare systems A range of 0.3-1% depending on place would actually be entirely unsurprising
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Since I had a minute, I plugged this all into a random-effects model in Stata Looks like the point estimate from these studies is a 0.68% fatality rate, 95% CI 0.33-1.03%pic.twitter.com/8NKqzQs2ku
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15/n If you know of any IFR estimates I missed, let me know!
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