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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
The current best estimate infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19 is 0.65%...

CDC says 0.26%.

... so that's 894,000 infected in a country of 10 million, or 8.84% who've been infected.

Using 0.26%, I get 2,235,000 million Swedes who were infected, or 22.35% of the population. Using the herd immunity theory that includes T cell immunity, 22.35% is a pretty high infection rate number herd immunity.

When a population achieves herd immunity, new case transmission reduces quickly towards zero because the virus can no longer find vulnerable hosts to infect. Sweden continues to see a steady flow of new cases.

The number of cases depends on the number of tests and other factors. Looking at deaths, I see Sweden and NYS as example where death are very close to zero.

33 posted on 08/22/2020 12:34:22 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
"CDC says 0.26%."

No, they do not.

Source link: CDC COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios

34 posted on 08/22/2020 5:27:47 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest
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