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The paper below from @GidMK and @BillHanage looks at the infection fatality rate (IFR). IFR is the proportion of SARS-CoV-2-infected people who die of the disease COVID-19.
This IFR is >10X more than that of the seasonal flu
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1314348281951072261
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v6.full
The paper below from @GidMK and @BillHanage looks at the infection fatality rate (IFR). IFR is the proportion of SARS-CoV-2-infected people who die of the disease COVID-19.
This IFR is >10X more than that of the seasonal flu
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1314348281951072261
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v6.full
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Their paper notes:
"We restricted our meta-analysis to studies of advanced economies, based on current membership in the [OECD], in light of the distinct challenges of health care provision and reporting of fatalities in developing economies."
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v6.full
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Their paper notes:
"We restricted our meta-analysis to studies of advanced economies, based on current membership in the [OECD], in light of the distinct challenges of health care provision and reporting of fatalities in developing economies."
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v6.full
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It's fine for them to limit their analysis to OECD countries.
But some people might want to extend the analysis to non-OECD. This thread will go over papers for doing that.
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1301392433452810242
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1296377109636681728
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1308544372825362432
It's fine for them to limit their analysis to OECD countries.
But some people might want to extend the analysis to non-OECD. This thread will go over papers for doing that.
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1301392433452810242
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1296377109636681728
https://twitter.com/AtomsksSanakan/status/1308544372825362432
