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To: Covenantor
That’s ok, I’ve done the ‘rithmatic for you.

The numerator in your figures is for ALL suspected cases, and hence incorrect. For example, for August 1, there were 887 deaths for all suspected cases of Ebola. You would need to find the number of deaths corresponding to the subset of cases that were laboratory confirmed, which would be much smaller.

60 posted on 08/05/2014 9:46:11 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: LambSlave

At some point they’ll have to give up the laboratory confirmed and settle on suspected. They can only test so many. If it keeps spreading they’ll eventually give up on suspected too as the infection exceeds reporting abilities. Eventually they may have to just say “F-it, all these people who died of sickness from the start of this probably died due to this outbreak”. That’s what’s been done in previous pandemics like the Spanish Flu. They just don’t have an accurate count.


68 posted on 08/05/2014 9:59:58 AM PDT by Justa
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To: LambSlave; Covenantor

Data at the link. Confirmed = 56.8% (574 of 1009)


71 posted on 08/05/2014 10:10:21 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: LambSlave

“You would need to find the number of deaths corresponding to the subset of cases that were laboratory confirmed, which would be much smaller.”

Those lab results were obtained by African, who also took the specimens, “isolated” aid specimens, etc.

Sorry, but this is Africa we are discussing, and the reason the phrase “Africa wins again.” became so widely known and accepted is that the people are Africans, virtually all tribal primitives.


92 posted on 08/05/2014 2:08:39 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and for what Muslims do.)
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