https://twitter.com/gian_rinaldi/status/1247576623303421953
“1. What’s the infection fatality rate for COVID-19? @MatteoParadisi and I looked at 10 Lombardy towns locked down Feb 21. With a fully functioning hospital system(early days of epidemic), we estimate 0.67% overall, <1% for under 70 e 2-5% for over 70 (1/8)”
Okay, bye, Rush.
They are assuming most cases are undetected to get to 0.67%. Even South Korea and Germany, the 2 countries people point to as the “gold standard” will be well over 2%. For the USA to reach 0.67%, at least 4 out of 5 cases must be undetected. Or maybe they think our healthcare system isn’t very good.
I guess the bottom line is we won’t know until we have large scale testing.