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Infection Fatality Rate by age
COVID19 Influenza
0-19: 0.003% 0-19: 0.01%
20-49: 0.02% 20-49: 0.02%
50-69: 0.5% 50-65: 0.5%
70+: 5% 65+: 0.83% https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
COVID19 Influenza
0-19: 0.003% 0-19: 0.01%
20-49: 0.02% 20-49: 0.02%
50-69: 0.5% 50-65: 0.5%
70+: 5% 65+: 0.83% https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
Covid19 is
- safer than average flu for the young,
- flu-like for most ages, and
- more dangerous than the average flu for the old / infirm.
...as has been known since early March.
- safer than average flu for the young,
- flu-like for most ages, and
- more dangerous than the average flu for the old / infirm.
...as has been known since early March.
I do NOT yet fully believe the 70+ IFR numbers for Covid, as there are artifacts augmenting attribution of Covid deaths. https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1314207891138600960?s=20
