The 0.1-0.2% figure for influenza is one estimate of the CASE fatality rate - i.e. the number of deaths divided by confirmed cases The CFR for influenza varies significantly, but is around 1-40 deaths per 1,000 people infected (0.1-4%)
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To take a leaf out of
@d_spiegel's book, this means that you have a similar risk of death from a single COVID-19 infection to 50-100 influenza infections over the course of one yearShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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First off, this is great. It gets worse:
#SARSCoV2 reaches herd immunity around 80 percent of population, while flu does around 20 percent of population, so you can add another factor of 4 to the *population* fatality rate if we can’t stop the spread -
That is counter-intuitive...
Can you explain why or provide some links that explain it.
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