[FRIAM] flu versus COVID

[Prof David West]

Barry, I do not believe I am saying anything other than IFR and CFR are often mixed up.

I saw a three paragraph article in a news paper about the confusion between IFR and CFR. I then got the four numbers directly from WHO and CDC press releases.

davew


On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, at 2:51 PM, Barry MacKichan wrote:
> 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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