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I've seen papers claiming that the death rate is overstated.

Posted on: January 26, 2021 at 12:20:30 CT
JeffB MU
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There are countless stories of people who have been shot, fallen off of ladders or in car accidents who were classified as covid deaths.

Others have spoken of very elderly family, friends or acquantances who had been battling severe health issues like cancer, heart attacks, strokes, OCD and so on who were already on their death beds who were classified as covid deaths. I saw one recent statistic that some 80%+ of the people who died from covid and DNRs.

Be that as it may there is something of a double effect when adjusting for covid deaths.

The infection fatality rate (IFR) = Infections/deaths

# infected = deaths/IFR

If the number of deaths are adjusted upward that also increases the estimated # infected.
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More than half of Missourians have already had Covid & - JeffB MU - 1/25 20:44:37
     "Lies, damned lies, and statistics." - tarheeltiger MU - 1/25 21:16:39
     where are you getting more than half? - fatrat MU - 1/25 20:54:38
          I only know a few who haven't had it - Bad Breath MU - 1/26 06:59:51
          RE: where are you getting more than half? - JeffB MU - 1/25 21:06:00
          He's using an incorrect infection fatality rate. Moreover, - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/25 21:04:17
               Link?(nm) - DollarSigns MU - 1/25 21:13:53
                    Here's the one he's probably referring to - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/25 21:16:55
                         I was going off of a CDC page from a few months or so - JeffB MU - 1/25 22:00:03
                              You're using an estimated number for cases, which likely - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/25 22:14:53
                                   That is how infection fatality rates have always been estima - JeffB MU - 1/25 22:27:39
                                        What I'm getting at is that you are estimating cases but - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/25 22:34:48
                                             "we are testing all dead people" - ummmm MU - 1/26 07:12:04
                                                  I figured someone might pick up on that. The problem is - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/26 08:16:18
                                                       I've seen papers claiming that the death rate is overstated. - JeffB MU - 1/26 12:20:30
               The study he is probably citing has a 1.15% infection - SparkyStalcup MU - 1/25 21:09:08




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