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Originally Posted by discostu
The beauty of using a figure like "80 million American infected" is that's it's easily negated by the tangible figures of 7.5 million Americans having tested positive.
Sure, the actual number is in between those figures, but enough of the "399 out of 400 will survive"...it's completely disingenuous.
You know that.
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No, it isn't. The literal IFR that the CDC has provided is 0.26%. That means that out of 400 infections, 399 survive.
The CDC also estimates that the number of infections is 10x-15x greater than the #'s recorded, which is how they likely have determined the infection fatality rate.
Science!
Seven months in and people have no idea what they are talking about. It still amazes me.