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To: AndyJackson

So using your logic, what is the current fatality rate (deaths / infections = rate) for the 2019 - 2020 flu season.

Please tell me what it is.


41 posted on 03/24/2020 7:20:42 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: FreedomNotSafety

There is no reliable way to calculate the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) for flu, because it is not a reportable disease. That is why the CDC can only estimate the number of illnesses and the number of deaths. To calculate a true CFR you must have confirmed/tested illnesses and then know the outcome of those illness (recovered or died).

Therefore, anyone who says something like “Covid-19 is 10x more lethal than the flu” cannot back up their statement with data. Dr. Fauci has said that, but I would really like to “see his work.”


69 posted on 03/24/2020 8:49:56 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around. God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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