So bringing this back to a semblance of logic.
I have been guilty above of doing what we all do on here and headlining the issue so, as ever the details are bedevilled.
I have been referring to the data which is published by the WHO regarding infections and fatalities.
The WHO publish figures, which in a novel virus are always changing, hence why showing figures from May is not up to date.
Back in March/April the Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) was high (3% or above) this is clearly due to many factors: Low number of people being tested, being the obvious one.
The IFR is a relatively simple calculation, total cases/total deaths. And for this we have to assume that the data provided by nations to the WHO is correct. We must also discount growing evidence of the badly called ‘long covid’.
The more people that are tested, the larger the dataset, and the more accurate the results.
The figures I have been citing, and this is where I have been ‘economical’ with my post was that in a healthy individual that is under 70 years old, Influenza has a higher IFR than COVID-19 (0.1% as appose to 0.05%)
This is born out in the figures I posted yesterday.
What is this supposed to prove? No idea.
Top tip to all: If you do contract it and lose your appetite, then avoid imbibing alcohol at your normal rate for a weekend, it has strange effects on you!!
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