[FRIAM] flu versus COVID

Barry MacKichan barry.mackichan at mackichan.com
Sat Sep 12 16:51:51 EDT 2020


Are you saying that 95% to 97% of flu infections are asymptomatic 
(“cases” vs “infections”)? What is a source for this?

—Barry

On 12 Sep 2020, at 10:44, Prof David West wrote:

> IFR = infection fatality rate
> CFR = case fatality rate
>
> A "case"requires symptoms.
>
> Seasonal flu has an IFR of 0.1% and a CFR of 2-3%
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