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Originally Posted by emtee
The mortality rate is completely skewed because it’s based on people who have actually been officially tested as positive. Of course every person who has died has probably counted to the official death number. I personally know several people who have the symptoms but are just staying home and riding it out so they will not count to the official infected number and therefore the real mortality rate must be way lower than the official number.
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Originally Posted by statsman
Yes, I have seen that the Infection Fatality Rate (IFR), counting all who arenindected (most of whom are not being counted) May be .3%, still much higher than the flu, but not 2-4%.
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But the actual number of people infected with influenza is never known every year either. Millions get sick but never go into the clinic or hospital for testing. They stay home and ride it out. Also, many people every year die of influenza related complications of other diseases and are not counted as flu deaths. Comparing mortality rates for epidemic and pandemic infectious diseases is difficult.