The United States recently reached 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
That means the POPULATION fatality rate (i.e. deaths/population) for the US is 0.15%
With an estimated ~25% infection rate, the INFECTION fatality rate is ~.6%
That means the POPULATION fatality rate (i.e. deaths/population) for the US is 0.15%
With an estimated ~25% infection rate, the INFECTION fatality rate is ~.6%
Really puts into perspective how wildly off the earlier estimates of very low IFRs in the US were. An IFR of 0.1% is numerically impossible at this point
Another important piece of perspective is that, in the 12 months from March 2020-March 2021, COVID-19 will likely be the leading cause of death in the US
Also, these numbers align surprisingly well with @LeaMerone and my figures produced way back in July 2020, which posited a population IFR of ~0.53-0.82%
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