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The data keeps confirming that COVID-19 is barely worse than the flu.

On 19 May, Dr John Ioannidis (et al) published their review of global cases, which found lethality ranging between 0.02% and 0.4%. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.20101253v1?fbclid=IwAR05elrZVhvdFfKeU_nJV_BxwfE7o99V2VG_KcsGggb7QlRKiBGq-nFEhMc">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...

The infection fatality rate of COVID-19 inferred from seroprevalence data

Objective To estimate the infection fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from data of seroprevalence studies. Methods Population studies with sample size of at least 500 and published...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.20101253v1?fbclid=IwAR05elrZVhvdFfKeU_nJV_BxwfE7o99V2VG_KcsGggb7QlRKiBGq-nFEhMc

On 4 May Dr Hendrilk Streeck (et al) published a study done in Germany which found an infection fatality rate (IFR) of less than 0.36%. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.04.20090076v1?fbclid=IwAR06CXgr9n5PxNlpZ8NPLOEv8BHWkuEUcxf3WG57vu3Iwp5rRGOw5iFMA3E">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...

Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a German community with a super-spreading event

The world faces an unprecedented SARS-CoV2 pandemic where many critical factors still remain unknown. The case fatality rates (CFR) reported in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic substantially...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.04.20090076v1?fbclid=IwAR06CXgr9n5PxNlpZ8NPLOEv8BHWkuEUcxf3WG57vu3Iwp5rRGOw5iFMA3E

A study from Stanford University, published on 30 April, found an infection fatality rate (IFR) of 0.17%. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463v2?fbclid=IwAR0MX_rF1mGkscuJwD81PLUej2bVEYzejOKssmdwTPt_QtE8Vj1nWjVJ5N4">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...

COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California

Background Addressing COVID-19 is a pressing health and social concern. To date, many epidemic projections and policies addressing COVID-19 have been designed without seroprevalence data to inform...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463v2?fbclid=IwAR0MX_rF1mGkscuJwD81PLUej2bVEYzejOKssmdwTPt_QtE8Vj1nWjVJ5N4

A study done in Iran, published on 1 May, found an infection fatality rate (IFR) of 0.12%. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.26.20079244v1?fbclid=IwAR3d2qnnygEdumcCG9V8gwd4IKL7KywKmmlzE_a1PY2zaIIFHbGbGFBmUmA">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/1...

Seroprevalence of COVID-19 virus infection in Guilan province, Iran

Background: The extent of infection by coronavirus disease 2019 has not been well documented. In this study we aimed to determine seropositivity of COVID-19 virus infection in population of a highly...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.26.20079244v1?fbclid=IwAR3d2qnnygEdumcCG9V8gwd4IKL7KywKmmlzE_a1PY2zaIIFHbGbGFBmUmA

On 21 April, the University of Southern California (USC) published their study on the population of Los Angeles county, which found an infection fatality rate (IFR) of less than 0.2%. https://pressroom.usc.edu/preliminary-results-of-usc-la-county-covid-19-study-released/?fbclid=IwAR39k6cLcYJ5tSWWs8mCuMe0iS7fZmHFqLS2P63OdzyAM57cRK6Ml04N9b8">https://pressroom.usc.edu/prelimina...

Preliminary results of USC-LA County COVID-19 study released - Press Room

USC-LA County Study: Early Results of Antibody Testing Suggest Number of COVID-19 Infections Far Exceeds Number of Confirmed Cases in Los Angeles County Watch highlights from the L.A. County Depart...

https://pressroom.usc.edu/preliminary-results-of-usc-la-county-covid-19-study-released/?fbclid=IwAR39k6cLcYJ5tSWWs8mCuMe0iS7fZmHFqLS2P63OdzyAM57cRK6Ml04N9b8

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