@DrDenaGrayson Thanks for everything you're doing to inform the public on #coronavirus! I recently found out that this stat you gave is wrong:
"The 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 50 million worldwide (population 1.9 billion) had a CFR of ~2.5%, whereas usual seasonal flu is 0.1%"
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Emily Cunningham Retweeted Ferris Jabr
Here's a good thread that explains why:https://twitter.com/ferrisjabr/status/1232053813365760000 …
Emily Cunningham added,
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If 500 mil were infected and 50 - 100 mil died, then the CFR was 10 - 20%.
If 500 mil were infected and the CFR was 2.5%, then 12.5 mil died.
To make 50 mil deaths and a 2.5% CFR compatible would require more infections than the number of people that existed in 1918.
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