The CDC estimates that the SYMPTOMATIC CASE-FATALITY RATE (CFR) for influenza is ~0.1% The estimate of the INFECTION-FATALITY RATE (IFR) is closer to ~0.05%, due to asymptomatic flu casespic.twitter.com/YK4M8qH19M
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Because we don't routinely test for influenza in every person who gets symptoms in a normal year, we use hospital coding and excess fatalities to ESTIMATE the total number of infections and deaths This pushes the IFR UP
But EVEN USING THIS HIGHER FIGURE FOR INFLUENZA we see that the IFR of flu is 10-20x lower than COVID-19 fin.
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