[Thud]

I don't consider the Diamond Princess to be a valid sample for death rates. The older age cohorts of the passengers were too large relative to the total passengers.

I do consider the Diamond Princess to be a valid but rough sample for the ratio of asymptomatic to symptomatic infected - at least as many asymptomatic as symptomatic. IMO that is the only valid virus statistic we can pull from the ship.

[calenel]

Plenty of younger crew. If my memories serve me from my days on cruise ships, there are some middle age range passengers, young couples, some children, even, and a cohort of younger crew to complement the older folks.

I’m not saying it is a perfect representative population, but it isn’t as distorted as you might think.