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Mar 4, 2020

How is Case Fatality Rate (CFR) Calculated During an Epidemic

Posted by in category: Understanding Epidemics

Edi­tors Note: This post is reshared from Quora because it helps us under­stand how we cal­cu­late CFR (case fatal­ity rates) from epi­demics like #COVID-19. Link to the orig­i­nal post is here: https://qr.ae/ppY992

Post Author: C Stu­art Hard­wick, Award-Winning Scifi Author, Ana­log regular

Guess what? Epi­demi­ol­o­gists aren’t dumb.

Mor­tal­ity rate never includes undi­ag­nosed cases—of any dis­ease, at least not in the way you mean.

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Feb 28, 2020

COVID-19 Disease Tracker

Posted by in categories: Disease Trackers, Global Pandemic News
Covid-19 Disease Tracker

Covid-19 Dis­ease Tracker

We’ve begun mon­i­tor­ing dif­fer­ent sites around the world in an effort to track the coun­tries with cases and the rate at which the infec­tion caused by SARS-CoV-2 is spread­ing. This appears to be one of the best track­ers at this time.


Graphs show­ing deaths and recoveries

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